Attention control: Explorations of the work of an executive controller

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 23-38

  Gopher, Daniel ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

attention control; attention strategy; attention switching; executive controller; top down process

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030499230     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6410(96)00038-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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