Electrophysiological Evidence for a Postperceptual Locus of Suppression during the Attentional Blink

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1656-1674

  Vogel, Edward K ^b   Luck, Steven J ^b   Shapiro, Kimron L ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLINKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BLINKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MEMORY;

EID: 0032253570     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.24.6.1656     Document Type: Article

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