Relating the mechanisms of orienting and alerting

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 477-486

  Fernandez Duque, Diego ^a   Posner, Michael I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alertness; Attention; Cueing; Orienting; Transmitter functions; Warning signal effects

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; FOREBRAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; VISUAL FIELD;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030902683     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(96)00103-0     Document Type: Article

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