Dichotic listening and left-right confusion

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 239-244

  Hirnstein, Marco ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional hemispheric asymmetry; Left right discrimination; Mental rotation; Sex difference; Speech lateralization

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DICHOTIC LISTENING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUND DETECTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROTATION; SEX FACTORS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955951022     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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