Dissociation between top-down attentional control and the time course of visual attention as measured by attentional dwell time in patients with mild cognitive impairment

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 221-226

  Perry, Richard J ^a   Hodges, John R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Attention; Attentional blink; Mild cognitive impairment; Top down control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0042734512     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02754.x     Document Type: Article

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