Visual laterality patterns for the perception of emotional words in alcoholic and aging individuals.

Objective. This study evaluated hypotheses concerning alcohol-related cerebral dysfunction: (1) alcoholism, like normal chronological aging, has a more detrimental effect upon functions controlled by the right hemisphere of the brain than functions controlled by the left hemisphere; (2) interhemis...

Full description

Bibliographic Details

Published in:	Journal of Studies on Alcohol Vol. 57; pp. 144 - 155
Main Authors:	Hutner, Nancy, Oscar-Berman, Marlene
Format:	Article
Published:	Alcohol Research Documentation March 1996
Subjects:	Word recognition Brain Aging Stimulus & response (Biology) Laterality Visual evoked response Alcohol Psychology
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost