The functional anatomy of attention in humans: Cerebral blood flow changes induced by reading, naming, and the stroop effect

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 958-962

  Larrue, Vincent ^a   Celsis, Pierre ^b   Bès, André ^a   Marc Vergnes, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^b CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

Attention; Naming; Reading; Regional CBF; Single photon emission computerized tomography; Stroop effect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN REGION; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0028027795     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.1994.128     Document Type: Article

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