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The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A
Human Experimental Psychology
Volume 34, 1982 - Issue 1
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Laterality effects in visual information processing: Hemispheric specialisation or the orienting of attention?

Steven Schwartz Department of Psychology, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland 4067, Australia
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Kim Kirsner Department of Psychology, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland 4067, Australia
Pages 61-77 | Received 13 Mar 1981, Published online: 29 May 2007

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