Fast and efficient visuotemporal attention requires the cerebellum

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 3068-3074

  Schweizer, Tom A ^a   Alexander, Michael P ^a,b   Cusimano, Michael ^c,d   Stuss, Donald T ^a,d  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attentional blink; Cerebellum; Cognition; Rapid serial visual presentation; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 34548524949     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.05.018     Document Type: Article

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