Ear advantage and attention: An ERP study of auditory cued attention

Hearing Research

Volumn 189, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 107-118

  Ofek, E ^a   Pratt, H ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ear advantage; Functional brain imaging; Handedness; Hemispheric asymmetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EAR; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE;

EID: 1342291264     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(03)00392-7     Document Type: Article

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