Frontal lesions increase post-target interference in rapid stimulus streams

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 509-514

  Richer, François ^a   Lepage, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Frontal lobes; Rapid serial visual presentation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCISION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0029989090     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(95)00132-8     Document Type: Article

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