The effect of complexity upon hemispheric specialization for reading Chinese characters

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 149-153

  Coney, Jeffrey ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese characters; Complexity; Hemisphere; Reading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CHINESE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; READING; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; READING;

EID: 0032007336     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(97)00088-2     Document Type: Article

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