Multisensory determinants of orientation perception: Task-specific sex differences

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1899-1907

  Barnett Cowan, M ^a,b   Dyde, R T ^b   Thompson, C ^a,b   Harris, L R ^a,b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender; Gravity perception; Perceptual upright; Subjective visual vertical; Visual dependence

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; GRAVITY; GRAVITY SENSING; INDIVIDUALITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CUES; FEMALE; GRAVITATION; GRAVITY SENSING; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952649399     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07199.x     Document Type: Article

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