Neuropsychological evidence of an integrated visuotactile representation of peripersonal space in humans

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 581-589

  Làdavas, Elisabetta ^a   Di Pellegrino, Giuseppe ^a   Farnè, Alessandro ^a   Zeloni, Gabriele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale INRCA Fraticini

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MACACA; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PARIETAL LOBE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AGED; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONAL SPACE; TOUCH; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031730199     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089892998562988     Document Type: Article

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