Effects of strategies on mental rotation and hemispheric lateralization: Neuropsychological evidence

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 878-888

  Tomasino, Barbara ^a   Rumiati, Raffaella I ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OBJECT RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX RECRUITMENT; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; ROTATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 2942596126     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089892904970753     Document Type: Article

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