Assessment of spatial attention and neglect with a virtual wheelchair navigation task

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 650-660

  Buxbaum, Laurel J ^a,b   Palermo, Mary Ann ^c   Mastrogiovanni, Dina ^c   Read, Mary Schmidt ^c   Rosenberg Pitonyak, Ellen ^a   Rizzo, Albert A ^d   Coslett, H Branch ^e  

^a MOSS REHABILITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Magee Rehabilitation Hospital   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY; WHEELCHAIR;

ADULT; AGED; ANOMIA; ATTENTION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STROKE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 46849099799     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390701625821     Document Type: Article

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