Left of what? The role of egocentric coordinates in neglect

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 483-489

  Beschin, Nicoletta ^a   Cubelli, Roberto ^b   Della Sala, Sergio ^c   Spinazzola, Lucia ^c  

^a Ospedale Bellini   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egocentric frames; Neglect; Trunk coordinates

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GAZE; HEAD; HUMAN; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; STIMULUS; TRUNK; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 0030821499     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.63.4.483     Document Type: Article

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