Right hemisphere infarct patients and healthy controls: Evaluation of starting points in cancellation tasks

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 902-909

  Nurmi, Laura ^a   Kettunen, Jani ^a   Laihosalo, Mari ^a   Ruuskanen, Eija Inkeri ^a   Koivisto, Anna Maija ^b   Jehkonen, Mervi ^a,c  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Behavioral inattention test; Cancellation tests; Neuropsychological assessment; Stroke; Visual attention; Visual neglect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INFARCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STROKE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79451472836     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617710000792     Document Type: Article

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