Modulations of early somatosensory ERP components by transient and sustained spatial attention

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 24-31

  Eimer, Martin ^a   Forster, Bettina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Event related brain potentials; Mechanical tactile stimuli; Somatosensory processing; Spatial attention; Sustained spatial attention; Transient spatial attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; TOUCH;

EID: 0037671804     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1437-1     Document Type: Article

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