A lateralized bias in mental imagery: Evidence for representational pseudoneglect

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 421, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 259-263

  McGeorge, Peter ^a   Beschin, Nicoletta ^b,c   Colnaghi, Alessandra ^b   Rusconi, Maria Luisa ^d   Della Sala, Sergio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Azienda Ospedaliera di Gallarate   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attention and asymmetries; Imagery; Pseudoneglect; Representational neglect; Visuo spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS;

EID: 34250784427     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.05.050     Document Type: Article

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