Measures of variations in performance during a sustained attention task

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 828-839

  Smith, Kevin J ^a   Valentino, Dominic A ^a   Arruda, James E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALERTNESS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0036941388     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jcen.24.6.828.8394     Document Type: Article

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