Right hemisphere specialization for color detection

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 282-289

  Sasaki, Hitoshi ^a   Morimoto, Akiko ^a   Nishio, Akira ^a   Matsuura, Sumie ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Cerebral cortex; Color perception; Handedness; Humans; Laterality; Luminance; Reaction time; Visual field

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 34347244573     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

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