Sustained attention deficits in patients with right frontal lesions

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 953-963

  Rueckert, Linda ^a,b   Grafman, Jordan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frontal lobe lesion; Sustained attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; READING; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

EID: 0030272413     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(96)00016-4     Document Type: Article

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