The spatial distribution of visual attention in hemineglect and extinction patients

Brain

Volumn 121, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1759-1770

  Smania, N ^a   Martini, M C ^c   Gambina, G ^c   Tomelleri, G ^c   Palamara, A ^b   Natale, E ^b   Marzi, Carlo A ^b  

^a POLICLINICO BORGO ROMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hemineglect; Reaction time; Right hemisphere; Unilateral extinction; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; VASCULAR LESION; VISUAL DEPRIVATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0031656648     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/121.9.1759     Document Type: Article

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