Is it what you see, or how you say it? Spatial bias in young and aged subjects

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 562-570

  Barrett, Anna M ^a,b   Craver lemley, Catherine E ^c  

^a KESSLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Body space; Line bisection; Perception; Spatial function; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DRAWING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 46649097061     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617708080764     Document Type: Article

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