Are hemianopic reading and visual exploration impairments visually elicited? New insights from eye movements in simulated hemianopia

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 733-746

  Schuett, Susanne ^a   Kentridge, Robert W ^a   Zihl, Josef ^b,c   Heywood, Charles A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eye movements; Hemianopia; Reading; Simulation; Visual exploration; Visual field

Indexed keywords

EID: 59749089905     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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