Amputees "neglect" the space near their missing hand

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-57

  Makin, Tamar R ^a,c   Wilf, Meytal ^a   Schwartz, Isabella ^b   Zohary, Ehud ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGNOSIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISABLED PERSON; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISION;

ADULT; AMPUTEES; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PHANTOM LIMB; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77951275284     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797609354739     Document Type: Article

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