Age- and sex-related differences in temporal judgments to visual stimuli: Support for hemispheric equivalence

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 693-702

  Brown, Lenora N ^a,b   Sainsbury, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME PERCEPTION; VISION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; SEX FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036632513     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03194737     Document Type: Article

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