Attentional dynamics and visual perception: Mechanisms of spatial disorientation in Alzheimer's disease

Brain

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1173-1181

  Kavcic, Voyko ^a   Duffy, Charles J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Attentional blink; Attentional masking; Optic flow; Spatial disorientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VISION; VISUAL MASKING;

AGED; AGNOSIA; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OPTIC NERVE;

EID: 0037406260     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awg105     Document Type: Article

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