Deficits of contralesional awareness: A case study on what paper-and-pencil tests neglect

Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-36

  Bonato, Mario ^a   Priftis, Konstantinos ^a,b   Marenzi, Roberto ^c   Umiltà, Carlo ^a   Zorzi, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN CAMILLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attention; Contralesional space awareness; Extinction; Neglect; Neuropsychological assessment; Resources

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTIONAL ORIENTING; AWARENESS; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTRALESIONAL HEMISPACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HEARING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; ORIENTATION; PAPER AND PENCIL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; AGED; ATTENTION; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STANDARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CUES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84863566253     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025306     Document Type: Article

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