A hemispheric division of labor aids mental rotation

Neuropsychology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 326-336

  Yoshizaki, Kazuhito ^a   Weissman, Daniel H ^b   Banich, Marie T ^c  

^a AICHI SHUKUTOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive load; Cognitive processing; Hemispheric division; Labor aids; Mental rotation; Visual field

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 34248218071     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.21.3.326     Document Type: Article

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