Sensitivity of functional tympanic membrane thermometry (fTMT) as an index of hemispheric activation in cognition

Laterality

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 239-261

  Cherbuin, Nicolas ^a   Brinkman, Cobie ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; EARDRUM; EYE DOMINANCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOMETRY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34247260559     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576500701218345     Document Type: Article

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