Line bisection: Does introspection inform cognitive strategy?

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 280-283

  Varnava, Alice ^a   Halligan, Peter W ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hemispatial neglect; Insight; Mental processes; Self report

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; KNOWLEDGE; LINE BISECTION; MALE; MASS; MENTAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57249115879     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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