Processing efficiency of the orienting and the focusing of covert attention in relation to the level of disability in Parkinson's disease

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-36

  Mari, Morena ^a   Bennett, Kerry M B ^b   Scarpa, Marina ^c   Brighetti, Gianni ^a   Castiello, Umberto ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention; Basal ganglia; Cognition; Focusing; Involuntary; Orienting; Parkinson's disease; Voluntary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BASAL GANGLION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 0030623256     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8020(96)00036-3     Document Type: Article

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