CancellationTools: All-in-one software for administration and analysis of cancellation tasks

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1065-1075

  Dalmaijer, Edwin S ^a   Van der Stigchel, Stefan ^b   Nijboer, Tanja C W ^b,c   Cornelissen, Tim H W ^b   Husain, Masud ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancellation tasks; Computerized testing; Neglect syndrome; Spatial attention; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPLICATION; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOFTWARE; VISION;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; SOFTWARE; STROKE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84947027434     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: 15543528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13428-014-0522-7     Document Type: Article

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