Texture segregation shows only a very small lower-hemifield advantage

Vision Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1171-1175

  Graham, Norma ^a   Rico, Marjorie ^a   Offen, Shani ^a   Scott, William ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex (non Fourier) channels; Cortex; Hemifield differences; Lateralization; Texture segregation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0033036528     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(98)00170-9     Document Type: Article

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