Dissociations within the anterior attentional system: Effects of task complexity and irrelevant information on reaction time speed and accuracy

Neuropsychology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 500-513

  Stuss, Donald T ^a,b   Binns, Malcolm A ^a   Murphy, Kelly J ^a   Alexander, Michael P ^a,c  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; VELOCITY;

EID: 0036790924     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.16.4.500     Document Type: Article

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