Knowledge-based inferences across the hemispheres: Domain makes a difference

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2563-2568

  Shears, Connie ^a   Hawkins, Amanda ^a   Varner, Andria ^a   Lewis, Lindsey ^a   Heatley, Jennifer ^a   Twachtmann, Lisa ^a  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inferences; Knowledge domains; Language; Laterality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; READING; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FIELD; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE BASES; LANGUAGE; MALE; REACTION TIME; READING; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 46549083252     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.03.023     Document Type: Article

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