Interhemispheric transmission of information and functional asymmetry of the human brain

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 147-151

  Nowicka, A ^a,c   Grabowska, A ^a   Fersten, E ^b  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemispheric asymmetry; Information transmission; Interhemispheric communication; Latency differences; Visual evoked potential

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN FUNCTION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; REACTION TIME; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0030044699     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(95)00064-X     Document Type: Article

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