Bisections in two languages: When number processing, spatial representation, and habitual reading direction interact

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 4031-4037

  Kazandjian, Seta ^a,b   Cavézian, Céline ^a,b   Zivotofsky, Ari Z ^c   Chokron, Sylvie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE MENDÈS FRANCE   (France)

^b Service de Neurologie   (France)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Automatic processing; Cross cultural; Mental number line; Visuo motor behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; READING; SPATIAL SUMMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; READING; SPACE PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649442325     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.10.020     Document Type: Article

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