Processing of peripersonal and extrapersonal space using tools: Evidence from visual line bisection in real and virtual environments

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1298-1304

  Gamberini, Luciano ^a   Seraglia, Bruno ^a   Priftis, Konstantinos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN CAMILLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Extrapersonal; Line bisection; Neglect; Peripersonal; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SPACE; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; PERSONAL SPACE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 43049163807     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.12.016     Document Type: Article

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