Do separate processes identify objects as exemplars versus members of basic-level categories? Evidence from hemispheric specialization

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-27

  Laeng, Bruno ^a   Zarrinpar, Amir ^b   Kosslyn, Stephen M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0142157655     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2626(03)00184-2     Document Type: Article

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