Cross-modal attentional deficits in processing tactile stimulation

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 777-789

  Dell'Acqua, Roberto ^a,c   Turatto, Massimo ^a   Jolicœur, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c Dipartimento di Psicologia Generale   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; RESPONSE TIME; TOUCH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; REFRACTORY PERIOD, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TOUCH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0035403479     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03194437     Document Type: Article

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