Sustained attention deficits in patients with lesions of posterior cortex

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 653-660

  Rueckert, Linda ^a,b   Grafman, Jordan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Parietal cortex; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LETTER; PARIETAL LOBE; PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0031871743     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(97)00150-4     Document Type: Article

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