Dual-task results and the lateralization of spatial orientation: Artifact of test selection?

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-16

  Bowers, C A ^a   Milham, L M ^a   Price, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APTITUDE TESTS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX FACTORS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031616775     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: 19400888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221309809595572     Document Type: Article

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