An event-related potential (ERP) study of transient and sustained visual attention to color and form

Biological Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 143-160

  Eimer, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Event related potential; Perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COLOR PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; REACTION TIME; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031592452     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0511(96)05217-9     Document Type: Article

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