Effects of task demand on interhemispheric cooperation in mental addition task

Psychologia

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 179-191

  Hatta, Takeshi ^a   Yoshizaki, Kazuhito ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bilateral advantage; Interhemispheric cooperation; Mental addition; Task demand

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031312698     PISSN: 00332852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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