The anterior bias in visual art: The case of images of animals

Laterality

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 673-689

  Bertamini, Marco ^a   Bennett, Kate M ^a   Bode, Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canonical size; Left right bias; Symmetry; Thomas bewick; Visual art

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ART; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTORY; HUMAN; PAINTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VISION;

ANIMALS; ART; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; PAINTINGS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84855696552     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2010.508219     Document Type: Article

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