Hemispheric asymmetry in perception: A differential encoding account

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 998-1007

  Hsiao, Janet H ^a   Cipollini, Ben ^b   Cottrell, Garrison W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NEUROANATOMY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE;

EID: 84878385594     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00377     Document Type: Article

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