Asymmetry and performance: Toward a neurodevelopmental theory

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 124-139

  Boles, David B ^a   Barth, Joan M ^a   Merrill, Edward C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; Correlation; Development; Dichotic; Hemispheric asymmetry; Lateralization; Maturation; Performance; Scaling; Visual field

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN MATURATION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DICHOTIC LISTENING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; THEORY; TOUCH; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SAMPLE SIZE; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 38549158577     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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