Handedness and the fringe of consciousness: Strong handers ruminate while mixed handers self-reflect

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 730-745

  Niebauer, Christopher Lee ^a  

^a SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDITATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; SELF PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 7444247491     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2004.07.003     Document Type: Article

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