Left and right visual field advantages are a function of scotopic and photopic retinal adaptation, respectively, in simple reaction time to near-threshold targets

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-14

  Braun, Claude M J ^a   Mailhoux, Chantal ^a   Dufresne, Annie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hemispheric interaction; Lateral dominance; Reaction time; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DARK ADAPTATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RETINA; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL FIELD;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ADULT; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DARK ADAPTATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; RETINA; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0030076636     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0001-6918(94)00051-4     Document Type: Article

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