Tactile rod bisection in the absence of visuo-spatial processing in children, mid-age and older adults

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3392-3398

  Brooks, Joanna L ^a,b   Sala, Sergio Della ^a   Logie, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Universita degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; Attention; Line bisection; Pseudoneglect; Rod bisection; Tactile

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESPAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSEUDONEGLECT; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TACTILE ROD BISECTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX FACTORS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053578709     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.08.015     Document Type: Article

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