Hemispheric asymmetries in global/local processing are modulated by perceptual salience

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-40

  Fink, G R ^a,b   Marshall, J C ^c   Halligan, P W ^c,d   Dolan, R J ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d Dept of Experimental Psychology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Directed visual attention; Early visual cortex; Functional imaging; Hemispheric interaction; Spatial frequency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 16744366579     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(98)00047-5     Document Type: Article

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