Selective attention to conjunctions of color and shape of alphanumeric versus non-alphanumeric stimuli: A comparative electrophysiological study

Biological Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 199-221

  Rotte, M ^a   Heinze, H J ^a   Smid, H G O M ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alphanumeric stimuli; Color shape conjunctions; Event related brain potentials (ERPs); Non alphanumeric stimuli; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; COLOR PERCEPTION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0030735628     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0511(97)00018-5     Document Type: Article

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