An electrophysiological study of the selection of the color and shape of alphanumeric characters in response choice

Biological Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 161-185

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

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortical event related potentials; Lateralized readiness potential; Perception; Selection negativeity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; COLOR; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COLOR PERCEPTION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0031592455     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0511(96)05216-7     Document Type: Article

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