Vertical Orienting Control: Evidence for Attentional Bias and "Neglect" in the Intact Brain

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 139-158

  Drain, Maxwell ^a   Reuter Lorenz, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; TOOTH OCCLUSION;

ATTENTION; BRAIN; HUMANS; VERTICAL DIMENSION;

EID: 0030162713     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.125.2.139     Document Type: Article

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