Contour-integration deficits on the intact side of the visual field in hemianopia patients

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 109-124

  Paramei, Galina V ^a   Sabel, Bernhard A ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contour integration; Figure detection; Hemianopia; Perimetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OPTIC TRACT; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; FORM PERCEPTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL CLOSURE; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 38749087171     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2007.10.025     Document Type: Article

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