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

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

Patients with Balint's syndrome are typically impaired at perceiving multiple objects simultaneously, and at evaluating the relationship between multiple objects in a scene (simultanagnosia). These deficits may not only be observed in complex scenes, but also when local elements of individual o...

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Main Authors: Carmel eMevorach, Lilach eShalev, Robin J Green, Magdalena eChechlacz, Jane eRiddoch, Glyn W Humphreys
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Subjects:
Balint’s syndrome
global processing
local processing
Disengagement
Flexible attention
salience-based selection
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00113/full

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