A right visual field advantage for visual processing of manipulable objects

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 813-825

  Garcea, Frank E ^a   Almeida, Jorge ^b,c   Mahon, Bradford Z ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal stream; Laterality; Object use; Priming; Semantics; Visual object recognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870946045     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-012-0106-x     Document Type: Article

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