Human locognosic acuity on the arm varies with explicit and implicit manipulations of attention: Implications for interpreting elevated tactile acuity on an amputation stump

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 305, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-40

  O'Boyle, Donald J ^a   Moore, Christopher E G ^b   Poliakoff, Ellen ^a   Butterworth, Rachel ^a   Sutton, Anna ^a   Cody, Frederick W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amputation; Attention; Cortical plasticity; Human; Locognosia; Somatosensory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGNOSIA; AMPUTATION STUMP; ARM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; DERMATOME; DISABLED PERSON; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPUTATION STUMPS; ARM; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; TOUCH;

EID: 0035827454     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)01805-5     Document Type: Article

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