Gender differences in lateralized semantic priming

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 381-392

  Van Dyke, Sarah A ^a   Zuverza, Virginia ^a   Hill, Laura A ^a   Miller, Justin B ^a   Rapport, Lisa J ^a   Whitman, R Douglas ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEMANTICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEMANTICS; SEX FACTORS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71149083869     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87565640902964516     Document Type: Article

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