Hemispheric asymmetries for selective attention apparent only with increased task demands in healthy participants

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 34-41

  Evert, Denise L ^a   McGlinchey Berroth, Regina ^b,c   Verfaellie, Mieke ^d   Milberg, William P ^b,c  

^a SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemispheric asymmetries; Hemispheric specialization; Selective attention; Task demands

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0142157648     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2626(03)00207-0     Document Type: Article

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