Role of the lateral prefrontal cortex in visual object-based selective attention

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-196

  Sinnett, Scott ^a   Snyder, Janice J ^b   Kingstone, Alan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Neurologic focal brain lesion patients; Object based attention; Parietal cortex; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBJECT BASED SELECTIVE ATTENTION; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STROKE; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 65249110974     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-008-1687-z     Document Type: Article

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