Effects of complete monocular deprivation in visuo-spatial memory

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 77, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 112-116

  Cattaneo, Zaira ^a,b   Merabet, Lotfi B ^b   Bhatt, Ela ^b   Vecchi, Tomaso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental representations; Monocular blindness; Visuo spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONGENITAL BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DOMINANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOCULAR DEPRIVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 51749107447     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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