Which aspects of visual attention are changed by deafness? The case of the Attentional Network Test

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1801-1811

  Dye, Matthew W G ^a   Baril, Dara E ^a   Bavelier, Daphne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Attentional Network Test; Deafness; Flanker; Orienting; Peripheral vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL NETWORK TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERIPHERAL VISION; PREDICTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CUES; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33847719097     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2006.12.019     Document Type: Article

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