Attentional blink modulation in a reaction time task: Performance feedback, warning stimulus modality, and task difficulty

Biological Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-132

  Lipp, Ottmar V ^a   Hardwick, Sascha A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention; Blink startle modulation; Reaction time task

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BLINKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; EYELID REFLEX; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BLINKING; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, ACOUSTIC; TOUCH;

EID: 0037311550     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0511(02)00115-1     Document Type: Article

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