Do specific attention deficits need specific training?

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 81-103

  Sturm, Walter ^a,c   Willmes, Klaus ^a   Orgass, Bernt ^a   Hartje, Wolfgang ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; MALE; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 0030920269     PISSN: 09602011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713755526     Document Type: Article

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