Saccadic eye movement programming in unilateral neglect

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 493-508

  Walker, R ^a,b   Findlay, J M ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bilateral target effect; Gap effect; Global effect; Human; Parietal lobe; Unilateral neglect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CASE REPORT; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 0029884153     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(95)00156-5     Document Type: Article

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