The pusher syndrome reverses the orienting bias caused by spatial neglect

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 634-638

  Honoré, Jacques ^a   Saj, Arnaud ^b   Bernati, Thérèse ^c   Rousseaux, Marc ^c  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^c LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Pusher syndrome; Spatial neglect; Stroke; Subjective straight ahead

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; POSTURAL BALANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 59749103704     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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