Cuing effects of faces are dependent on handedness and visual field

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 529-535

  Ferneyhough, Emma ^a   Stanley, Damian A ^a   Phelps, Elizabeth A ^a   Carrasco, Marisa ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FACE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957279737     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.17.4.529     Document Type: Article

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