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A recent brain stimulation study provides the first direct physiological evidence that attention deficits after right-hemisphere stroke arise in part from hyper-excitation of neural pathways in the undamaged left hemisphere.

Original publication

DOI

10.1016/j.cub.2008.11.038

Type

Journal article

Journal

Curr Biol

Publication Date

27/01/2009

Volume

19

Pages

R76 - R78

Keywords

Attention, Brain, Functional Laterality, Humans, Neurology, Neuropsychological Tests, Perceptual Disorders, Psychomotor Performance, Stroke, Visual Perception