Line-bisecting performance in highly skilled athletes: Does preponderance of rightward error reflect unique cortical organization and functioning?

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 52-57

  Carlstedt, Roland A ^a,b  

^a CAPELLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletes; Laterality; Neglect; Neuropsychology; Performance; Pseudoneglect; Sports

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LINE BISECTING TEST; MALE; NEGLECT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL STUDY; VISION;

EID: 0347004557     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2626(03)00259-8     Document Type: Article

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