Reading habits influence aesthetic preference

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 45-49

  Chokron, Sylvie ^a,b   De Agostini, Maria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE MENDÈS FRANCE   (France)

^b Service de Neurologie   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Aesthetic preference; Hemispheric specialization; Reading habit; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COGNITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; CHILD; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HABITS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LANGUAGE; MALE; READING; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0033832225     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6410(00)00021-5     Document Type: Article

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