Visual orienting occurs asymmetrically in horizontal vs. vertical planes

Psychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 205-217

  Nomura, Mitsue ^a   Katahata, Mayumi ^a   Hashiya, Kazuhide ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Horizontal; Vertical; Visual orienting

Indexed keywords

EID: 29744459311     PISSN: 00332852     EISSN: 13475916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2117/psysoc.2005.205     Document Type: Article

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