Assessment of spatial neglect using computerised feature and conjunction visual search tasks

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 677-695

  Erez, Asnat Bar Haim ^a   Katz, Noomi ^a,b   Ring, Haim ^c   Soroker, Nachum ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b ONO ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Assessment; Spatial attention; Stroke; Unilateral spatial neglect; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIORAL INATTENTION TEST; BRAIN INJURY; CATHERINE BERGEGO SCALE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESULAM AND WEINTRAUB RANDOM SYMBOL CANCELLATION TASK; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEGLECT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; REACTION TIME; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STROKE PATIENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNILATERAL SPATIAL NEGLECT; VISION; VISUAL SPATIAL SEARCH TASK; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; REACTION TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPACE PERCEPTION; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449623122     PISSN: 09602011     EISSN: 14640694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09602010802711160     Document Type: Article

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