Examining the hemispheric distribution of semantic information using lateralised priming of familiar faces

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 420-425

  Vladeanu, Matei ^a   Bourne, Victoria J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Face recognition; Hemispheric specialisations; Lateralisation; Semantic priming

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; FACE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTIC MEMORY; VISUAL FIELD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBRUM; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59349116892     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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