Access to concrete word meanings in the cerebral hemispheres: Facilitation and inhibition effects

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 166-172

  Shibahara, Naoki ^a,c   Lucero Wagoner, Brennis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NOTE; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUE; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; VISUAL FIELDS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0042845806     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2003.96.1.166     Document Type: Article

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