Spatial attention deficits in humans: The critical role of superior compared to inferior parietal lesions

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1092-1103

  Vandenberghe, Rik ^a,b   Molenberghs, Pascal ^c   Gillebert, Céline R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intraparietal sulcus; Patients; Superior parietal lobule; Temporoparietal junction

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMAN; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NEGLECT; NONHUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; REVIEW; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SPATIAL ATTENTION DEFICIT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84860380752     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.12.016     Document Type: Review

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