On the hemispheric specialization for categorical and coordinate spatial relations: A review of the current evidence

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 504-515

  Jager, Gerry ^a,b   Postma, Albert ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Categorical and coordinate spatial relations; Hemispheric mechanisms

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MOTOR COORDINATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE NET; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0037251610     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(02)00086-6     Document Type: Review

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