Tonic and phasic alertness training: A novel behavioral therapy to improve spatial and non-spatial attention in patients with hemispatial neglect

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  DeGutis, Joseph M ^a   van Vleet, Thomas M ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA Northern California Healthcare System   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Hemispatial neglect; Neurological disorders; Rehabilitation; Visual

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPATIAL NEGLECT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TONIC AND PHASIC ALERTNESS TRAINING;

EID: 79551486294     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2010.00060     Document Type: Article

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