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First publ. in: Brain and Cognition 69 (2009), pp. 11-18

Konstanzer Online-Publikations-System (KOPS) URN: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:352-opus-84745

URL: http://kops.ub.uni-konstanz.de/volltexte/2009/8474/

Functional hemispheric differences for the categorization of global and local information in naturalistic stimuli

Ronald Hübner°, Tobias Studer

°Universität Konstanz, Fachbereich Psychologie, D-78457 Konstanz E-Mail: Ronald.Huebner@uni-konstanz.de

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