Quantitative assessment of visual behavior in disorders of consciousness

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 259, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1888-1895

  Trojano, L ^a,b   Moretta, P ^b   Loreto, V ^b   Cozzolino, A ^b   Santoro, L ^c   Estraneo, A ^b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disorders of consciousness; Eye tracker; Visual behavior; Visual tracking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISION DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867334508     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-012-6435-4     Document Type: Article

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