Asymmetrical hemispheric EEG activation evoked by stimulus position during the Simon task

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 399, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 215-219

  Spironelli, Chiara ^a   Tagliabue, Mariaelena ^a   Angrilli, Alessandro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attention; Evoked potentials; Handedness; Hemispheric asymmetry; Lateralization; Simon task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COLOR; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 77951621135     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.02.013     Document Type: Article

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