Influence of attentional load on spatial attention in acquired and developmental disorders of attention

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1085-1093

  Bellgrove, Mark A ^a,b   Eramudugolla, Ranmalee ^b   Newman, Daniel P ^a   Vance, Alasdair ^c   Mattingley, Jason B ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

ADHD; Asymmetry; Attention; Load; Neglect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SPATIAL ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84876218591     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.01.019     Document Type: Article

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