Hemispheric asymmetries in hierarchical stimulus processing are modulated by stimulus categories and their predictability

Laterality

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 333-355

  Kéïta, Luc ^a   Bedoin, Nathalie ^b  

^a Hopital Riviere des Prairies   (Canada)

^b Institut des Sciences de l'Homme   (France)

Author keywords

Global level; Hemispheric asymmetry; Letterbased hierarchical stimuli; Local level; Object based hierarchical stimuli

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957584642     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576501003671603     Document Type: Article

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