Auditory space perception in left- and right-handers

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 210-217

  Ocklenburg, Sebastian ^a   Hirnstein, Marco ^b   Hausmann, Markus ^b   Lewald, Jörg ^c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Handedness; Hemispheric asymmetry; Lateralization; Sound localization

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SOUND DETECTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149191783     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2009.08.013     Document Type: Article

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