Hemispheric asymmetries: Attention to visual and auditory primitives

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 59-63

  Robertson, Lynn C ^a,b   Ivry, Richard ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognitive neuroscience; Hemispheric specialization; Neuropsychology; Perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034419717     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00061     Document Type: Article

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