Nonlateralized attentional deficits: An important component behind persisting visuospatial neglect?

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-88

  Samuelsson, Hans ^a   Elisabeth Hjelmquist, E K ^b   Jensen, Christer ^b   Ekholm, Sven ^b   Blomstrand, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGLECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STROKE; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGNOSIA; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 14444268733     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jcen.20.1.73.1481     Document Type: Article

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