Motion velocity thresholds in deaf signers: Changes in lateralization but not in overall sensitivity

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-10

  Brozinsky, Craig J ^a   Bavelier, Daphne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Deaf; Laterality; Motion; Plasticity; Sensory systems; Velocity; Visual psychophysics and behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ADULT; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEARING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SIGN LANGUAGE; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 4344567081     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogbrainres.2004.05.002     Document Type: Article

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