A restricted 'spotlight' of attention in visual object recognition

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1233-1249

  Stark, Marianna E ^a   Grafman, Jordan ^a   Fertig, Evan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Object recognition; Restricted visual attention

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRAWING; HUMAN; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; ATTENTION; BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0030825097     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(97)00049-3     Document Type: Article

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