Dissociable contributions of the two cerebral hemispheres to judgments of line orientation

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 335-339

  Mehta, Ziyah ^a   Newcombe, Freda ^a  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hemispheric differences; Line orientation judgment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN MAPPING; CHRONIC BRAIN DISEASE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; ATTENTION; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0030178350     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1355617700001351     Document Type: Article

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