Influence of perceptual and semantic conflicts between the two halves of chimeric stimuli on the expression of visuo-spatial neglect

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 583-589

  Peru, Andrea ^a,c   Moro, Valentina ^b   Avesani, Renato ^b   Aglioti, Salvatore ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Divisione di Pediatria   (Italy)

^c Sezione di Fisiologia Umana   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chimerics; Hemi inattention; Visual processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRAWING; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PERCEPTION DISORDER; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0030965133     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(96)00105-4     Document Type: Article

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