Visual scanning training for neglect after stroke with and without a computerized lane tracking dual task

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  van Kessel, M E ^a,b   Geurts, A C H ^c   Brouwer, W H ^d,e   Fasotti, L ^a,f  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f Rehabilitation Medical Centre Groot Klimmendaal   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Divided attention; Driving simulator; Hemineglect; Spatial attention; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAR DRIVING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTION DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPONSE TIME; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL SCANNING TRAINING; VISUOSPATIAL NEGLECT;

EID: 84887558913     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00358     Document Type: Article

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