The role of the parietal cortex in visual attention - Hemispheric asymmetries and the effects of learning: A magnetic stimulation study

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 245-251

  Walsh, V ^a   Ellison, A ^b   Ashbridge, E ^c   Cowey, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEARNING; PARIETAL LOBE; PREDICTION; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0032214214     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(98)00099-2     Document Type: Article

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