Cerebral Asymmetries in Sensory and Perceptual Processing

Section and chapter headings: Preface. Spatial/Temporal Frequency Processing. Hemispheric Asymmetry in the Processing of Spatial Frequency: Experiments Using Gratings and Bandpass Filtering (S. Christman). Temporal Frequency Processing (L. Mecacci). Interhemispheric Transfer of Spatial and Temporal Frequency Information (N. Berardi, A. Fiorentini). Object and Spatial Representation. Hemispheric Asymmetry for Components of Spatial Processing (J. Helige). Computational Analyses and Hemispheric Asymmetries in Visual-Form Recognition (C. Marsolek, E.D. Burgund). Visual Attention. Amplification of Spatial Nonuniformities by Guided Search Mechanisms (E.W. Yung). Hemispheric Coordination of Spatial Attention (J. Enns, A. Kingstone). Asymmetries in the Flanker Compatibility Effect (F. Kitterle et al.). Effects of Visual Field Locus. The Relation Between Left-Right and Upper-Lower Visual Field Asymmetries (S. Christman, C. Niebauer). Auditory Processing. Hemispheric Specialization of Human Auditory Processing: Perception of Speech and Musical Sounds (R. Zatorre). Perceptual and Cognitive Development: Electrophysiological Correlates (D. Molfese, D. Narter). The Ipsilateral Auditory Pathway: A Psychobiological Perspective (K. Hutson). Tactual Processing. Role of Sensory and Post-sensory Factors in Hemispheric Asymmetries in Tactual Perception (J. Fagot et al.). Olfactory Processing. Laterality in Human Nasal Chemoreception (R. Doty et al.). Name Index. Subject Index.