Increased inattentional blindness in severe traumatic brain injury: Evidence for reduced distractibility?

Brain Injury

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-60

  Summers, Mathew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Divided attention; Focused attention; Inattentional blindness; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRACTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 31344470091     PISSN: 0883041X     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050500309742     Document Type: Article

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