Distracted by relatives: Effects of frontal lobe damage on semantic distraction

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 203-214

  Telling, Anna L ^a   Meyer, Antje S ^a   Humphreys, Glyn W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frontal lobes; Selection; Semantic interference; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SEMANTICS; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS;

EID: 77954032845     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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