Increased interhemispheric interaction is associated with earlier offset of childhood amnesia

Neuropsychology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 336-345

  Christman, Stephen D ^a   Propper, Ruth E ^b   Brown, Tiffany J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b MERRIMACK COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early memories; Episodic memory; Eye movements; Handedness; Interhemispheric interaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD AMNESIA; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNESIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; REFERENCE VALUES; SACCADES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33745094949     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.20.3.336     Document Type: Article

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