Putting attention on the line: Investigating the activation-orientation hypothesis of pseudoneglect

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1849-1858

  Bultitude, Janet H ^a   Aimola Davies, Anne M ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Landmark test; Line bisection; Posner precueing; Unilateral neglect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 33745272516     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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