Central Fixations are Inadequately Controlled by Instructions Alone: Implications for Studying Cerebral Asymmetry

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 371-391

  Jordan, Timothy R ^a   Patching, Geoffrey R ^a   Milner, A David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; READING; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; READING; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0032063031     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713755764     Document Type: Article

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