Influence of handedness and bilateral eye movements on creativity

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 204-214

  Shobe, Elizabeth R ^a   Ross, Nicholas M ^b   Fleck, Jessica I ^a  

^a RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternate uses; Bilateral; Brain; Cognition; Creativity; Divergent thinking; Eye movements; Handedness; Hemisphere; Laterality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; EPISODIC MEMORY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; COGNITION; CREATIVENESS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT SELECTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 70350303322     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2009.08.017     Document Type: Article

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