Spatial processing and hemispheric asymmetry: Contributions of the transient/magnocellular visual system

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 472-484

  Roth, Elizabeth Cowin ^a   Hellige, Joseph B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEFT HEMISPHERE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; COLOR PERCEPTION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 14444274818     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089892998562889     Document Type: Article

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