Influence of terminal action requirements on action-centered distractor effects

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 207-213

  Weir, P L ^a   Weeks, D J ^b   Welsh, T N ^c   Elliott, D ^c   Chua, R ^d   Roy, E A ^e   Lyons, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Engagement; Interference; Response programming; Spatial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 0037335977     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-002-1358-4     Document Type: Article

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