The Psychological Refractory Period Effect Following Callosotomy: Uncoupling of Lateralized Response Codes

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 463-480

  Ivry, Richard B ^a   Franz, Elizabeth A ^a   Kingstone, Alan ^b   Johnston, James C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CASE REPORT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EPILEPSY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUE; RESPONSE TIME; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; REFRACTORY PERIOD, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0032042052     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.24.2.463     Document Type: Article

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