Arousal systems and attentional processes

Biological Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 57-71

  Robbins, Trevor W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Activation; Arousal; Dopamine; Effort; Monoamines; Neurotransmitter; Noradrenaline; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; MONOAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN;

AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; LOCUS CERULEUS; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DOPAMINE; HUMANS; NOREPINEPHRINE; SEROTONIN;

EID: 0031057284     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0511(96)05222-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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