Faces call for attention: Evidence from patients with visual extinction

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 693-700

  Vuilleumier, Patrik ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinction; Face perception; Neglect; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

AGED; ATTENTION; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033965435     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(99)00107-4     Document Type: Article

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