Temporo-nasal asymmetry in multisensory integration mediated by the Superior Colliculus

Brain Research

Volumn 1242, Issue , 2008, Pages 37-44

  Bertini, Caterina ^a,b   Leo, Fabrizio ^a,b   Làdavas, Elisabetta ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Centro Studi e Ricerche in Neuroscienze Cognitive   (Italy)

Author keywords

Multisensory integration; Superior Colliculus; Temporo nasal asymmetry; Visual orienting response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 55749095743     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.03.087     Document Type: Article

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