Comparison of aesthetic preferences among Roman and Arabic script readers

Laterality

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 399-411

  Heath, Robin L ^a   Mahmasanni, Oula ^a   Rouhana, Aida ^a   Nassif, Nader ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETICS; EYE DOMINANCE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; READING; RIGHT HANDEDNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; READING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 25844475137     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576500442000166     Document Type: Article

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