Does age matter? Age and rehabilitation of visual field disorders after brain injury

Cortex

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1001-1012

  Schuett, Susanne ^a,b   Zihl, Josef ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Reading; Rehabilitation; Visual exploration; Visual field disorders

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PLASTICITY; READING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELD TESTS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875806772     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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