Further evidence that the callosum is involved in sustaining attention

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 927-935

  Rueckert, Linda ^a   Levy, Jerre ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Development; Interhemispheric communication

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030015022     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(96)00009-7     Document Type: Article

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