Line bisection task performance and resting EEG alpha power

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 849-866

  Çiçek, Metehan ^a   Nalçaci, Erhan ^a   Kalaycioǧlu, Canan ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Attention; Pseudoneglect; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEGLECT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORIENTING REFLEX; OSCILLATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ATTENTION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 18544403067     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450390200981     Document Type: Article

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