Visual-Spatial-Frequency Model of Cerebral Asymmetry: A Critical Survey of Behavioral and Electrophysiological Studies

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 434-449

  Grabowska, Anna ^a,b   Nowicka, Anna ^a,b,c  

^a Nencki Inst of Experimental Biology

^b NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL FIELD;

BRAIN; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0030294185     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037//0033-2909.120.3.434     Document Type: Article

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