From unilateral neglect to the brain basis of consciousness

Cortex

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 869-874

  Kinsbourne, Marcel ^a  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional gradient; Consciousness; Dominant focus; Forebrain activation; Unilateral neglect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; FOREBRAIN; HUMAN; NEGLECT; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; WORKING MEMORY; ATTENTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; NERVE TRACT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW;

ATTENTION; BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 34248633735     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70430-1     Document Type: Article

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