Shifts of attention in light and in darkness: An ERP study of supramodal attentional control and crossmodal links in spatial attention

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 308-323

  Eimer, Martin ^a   Van Velzen, José ^a   Forster, Bettina ^a   Driver, Jon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Crossmodal; Event related brain potential; Touch; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DARKNESS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOUCH; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CUES; DARKNESS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0037298633     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6410(02)00203-3     Document Type: Article

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