Re-evaluating split-fovea processing in word recognition: A critical assessment of recent research

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2341-2353

  Jordan, Timothy R ^a   Paterson, Kevin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fixation location; Hemispheric asymmetry; Laterality; Split fovea; Word recognition

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; EYE FIXATION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RETINA FOVEA; REVIEW; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY; VISION; WORD RECOGNITION;

FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 67650090951     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.07.020     Document Type: Review

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