Parietal cortex and attention

M Behrmann, JJ Geng, S Shomstein - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2004 - Elsevier
The parietal lobe forms about 20% of the human cerebral cortex and is divided into two
major regions, the somatosensory cortex and the posterior parietal cortex. Posterior parietal …

The cognitive deficits responsible for developmental dyslexia: Review of evidence for a selective visual attentional disorder

S Valdois, ML Bosse, MJ Tainturier - Dyslexia, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
There is strong converging evidence suggesting that developmental dyslexia stems from a
phonological processing deficit. However, this hypothesis has been challenged by the …

Developmental dyslexia: The visual attention span deficit hypothesis

ML Bosse, MJ Tainturier, S Valdois - Cognition, 2007 - Elsevier
The visual attention (VA) span is defined as the amount of distinct visual elements which can
be processed in parallel in a multi-element array. Both recent empirical data and theoretical …

A neural theory of visual attention: bridging cognition and neurophysiology.

C Bundesen, T Habekost, S Kyllingsbæk - Psychological review, 2005 - psycnet.apa.org
A neural theory of visual attention (NTVA) is presented. NTVA is a neural interpretation of C.
Bundesen's (1990) theory of visual attention (TVA). In NTVA, visual processing capacity is …

Influence of the visual attention span on child reading performance: a cross‐sectional study

ML Bosse, S Valdois - Journal of research in reading, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The visual attention (VA) span deficit hypothesis was found successfully to account for
variability in developmental dyslexia (Bosse, Tainturier & Valdois, 2007). We conducted a …

[HTML][HTML] Sustained attention, attentional selectivity, and attentional capacity across the lifespan

LP McAvinue, T Habekost, KA Johnson… - Attention, Perception, & …, 2012 - Springer
Abstract Changes in sustained attention, attentional selectivity, and attentional capacity were
examined in a sample of 113 participants between the ages of 12 and 75. To measure …

[图书][B] Neuropsychology: From theory to practice

D Andrewes - 2015 - taylorfrancis.com
The second edition of this comprehensive textbook for students of Neuropsychology gives a
thorough overview of the complex relationship between brain and behaviour. With an …

Attentional functions of parietal and frontal cortex

PV Peers, CJH Ludwig, C Rorden, R Cusack… - Cerebral …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
A model of normal attentional function, based on the concept of competitive parallel
processing, is used to compare attentional deficits following parietal and frontal lobe lesions …

Superior parietal lobule dysfunction in a homogeneous group of dyslexic children with a visual attention span disorder

C Peyrin, JF Démonet, MA N'Guyen-Morel, JF Le Bas… - Brain and language, 2011 - Elsevier
A visual attention (VA) span disorder has been reported in dyslexic children as potentially
responsible for their poor reading outcome. The purpose of the current paper was to identify …

Modeling visual attention

S Kyllingsbæk - Behavior Research Methods, 2006 - Springer
Quantitative modeling of psychological data is both technically and mathematically
challenging. The present article introduces a user friendly and flexible program package that …