"Does degree of asymmetry relate to performance?" A critical review

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-4

  Boles, David B ^a   Barth, Joan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Correlation; Letter access; Lexical processes; Measurement; Performance; Task purity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION;

COGNITION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; READING; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 79955077971     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2011.01.013     Document Type: Article

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