Hemispheric asymmetries for global and local processing as a function of stimulus exposure duration

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 115-142

  Evert, Denise L ^a   Kmen, Meghan ^a  

^a SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure duration; Global and local processing; Hemispheric asymmetries; Hemispheric specialization; Levels of processing; Selective attention; Task demands

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0037291262     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2626(02)00528-6     Document Type: Article

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