The automatic pilot of the hand is unbalanced by visual neglect

Behavioural Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 249-251

  McIntosh, Robert D ^a   Rossit, Stephanie ^b   Malhotra, Paresh ^c   Butler, Stephen H ^d   Harvey, Monika ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND STRENGTH; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL DEPRIVATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

AGED; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 79952672691     PISSN: 09534180     EISSN: 18758584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BEN-2010-0307     Document Type: Article

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