Left-right holistic integration of human bodies

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1962-1974

  Robbins, Rachel A ^a,b   Coltheart, Max ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body recognition; Composite task; Face recognition; Holistic processing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ART; ARTICLE; FACE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SENSORY FEEDBACK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FACE; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867204387     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2012.674145     Document Type: Article

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