An exploration of varieties of visual attention: ERP findings

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 419-450

  Michie, P T ^a,b   Karayanidis, F ^b,c   Smith, G L ^d,e   Barrett, N A ^e   Large, M M ^d   O'Sullivan, B T ^d   Kavanagh, D J ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Early frontal selection positivity; Event related potentials; Late positivity; Selection negativity; Switching attention; Visual selective and divided attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; COLOR PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0032986696     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6410(98)00047-0     Document Type: Article

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