Hierarchical processing in Balint's syndrome: A failure of flexible top-down attention

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 1 FEB, 2014, Pages

  Mevorach, Carmel ^a   Shalev, Lilach ^b   Green, Robin J ^a   Chechlacz, Magda ^c   Jane Riddoch, M ^c   Humphreys, Glyn W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balint's syndrome; Disengagement; Flexible attention; Global processing; Local processing; Salience based selection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGNOSIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BALINT SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIMULTANAGNOSIA; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84896926888     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00113     Document Type: Article

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