Selective attention deficits following severe closed head injury: The role of inhibitory processes

Neuropsychology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 476-483

  Ries, Michele ^a,b,c   Marks, William ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Closed head injury; Inhibition; Negative priming; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INJURY SCALE; NEGATIVE PRIMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 23044490752     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.19.4.476     Document Type: Article

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