Role of right posterior parietal cortex in maintaining attention to spatial locations over time

Brain

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 645-660

  Malhotra, Paresh ^a,b   Coulthard, Elizabeth J ^a,c   Husain, Masud ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Neglect; Spatial memory; Sustained attention; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SPATIAL MEMORY; STROKE PATIENT; SUBICULUM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SPACE PERCEPTION; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64849084197     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awn350     Document Type: Article

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