On separating processes of event categorization, task preparation, and mental rotation proper in a handedness recognition task

Psychophysiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 399-408

  Bajrič, Jasmin ^a   Rösler, Frank ^a   Heil, Martin ^a   Hennighausen, Erwin ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognition; Contingent negative variation; Imagery; Mental rotation; P300; Processing related negativity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0345298288     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0048577299981647     Document Type: Article

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