Emotional Influences on Spatial Attention

Neuropsychology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 127-135

  Foster, Paul S ^a,b   Drago, Valeria ^a,c   Webster, Daniel G ^d   Harrison, David W ^e   Crucian, Gregory P ^f   Heilman, Kenneth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

^d GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

emotion; frontal lobe; hemispheric specialization; parietal lobe; visuospatial attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 39049168065     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.22.1.127     Document Type: Article

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