Behavioral and physiological findings of gender differences in global-local visual processing

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 32-42

  Roalf, David ^a   Lowery, Natasha ^a   Turetsky, Bruce I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Event related potential; Global; Local; Visual processing bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; SEX FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 32344441995     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2005.09.008     Document Type: Article

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