Automatic semantic priming in the left and right hemispheres

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 197-202

  Korsnes, Maria Stylianou ^a   Magnussen, Svein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Laterality; Semantic priming; Visual fields

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 34249016635     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2007.00557.x     Document Type: Article

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