Rightward attentional bias and left hemisphere dominance in a cue-target light detection task in a callosotomy patient

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 941-952

  Berlucchi, G ^a   Aglioti, S ^a   Tassinari, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attentional bias; Callosotomy; Two flash paradigm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM TRANSSECTION; EYE FIXATION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, POST-TRAUMATIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030818113     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(97)00022-5     Document Type: Article

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