Further fMRI validation of the visual half field technique as an indicator of language laterality: A large-group analysis

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2879-2888

  Van der Haegen, Lise ^a   Cai, Qing ^a   Seurinck, Ruth ^a   Brysbaert, Marc ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hemispheric asymmetry; Interhemispheric transfer; Language; Laterality index; Visual half field task

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DOMINANCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051471564     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.06.014     Document Type: Article

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