Effects of spatiotopic factors on bisection of radial lines

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 129-132

  Chieffi, Sergio ^a   Iavarone, Alessandro ^b   Carlomagno, Sergio ^c  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b CTO Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attentional bias; Humans; Line bisection; Peripersonal space

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 46649102622     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-008-1458-x     Document Type: Article

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