Seeing without the occipito-parietal cortex: Simultagnosia as a shrinkage of the attentional visual field

Behavioural Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 3-13

  Michel, François ^a,b   Henaff, Marie Anne ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Attentional visual field; Balint's syndrome; Bilateral neglect; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GAZE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIMULTAGNOSIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 2542458911     PISSN: 09534180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2004/836830     Document Type: Review

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