Hemispheric asymmetries in categorical perception of orientation in infants and adults

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2648-2657

  Franklin, Anna ^a   Catherwood, Di ^b   Alvarez, James ^a   Axelsson, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Category; Lateralization; Spatial

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; RESPONSE TIME; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; LANGUAGE; ORIENTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954460168     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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