Event-related potential evidence for the use of external coordinates in the preparation of tactile attention by the early blind

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1897-1907

  Eardley, Alison F ^a   van Velzen, José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hand crossing; Posture; Reference frames; Spatial; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BLINDNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 79955960399     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07672.x     Document Type: Article

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