A neural mechanism for involuntary attention shifts to changes in auditory stimulation

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 527-539

  Schröger, Erich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; DICHOTIC LISTENING; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030453381     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.1996.8.6.527     Document Type: Article

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