Rhythmic oscillations in the performance of a sustained attention task

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 561-570

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RHYTHM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REACTION TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037851827     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jcen.25.4.561.13869     Document Type: Article

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