The modulation of simple reaction time by the spatial probability of a visual stimulus

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 907-911

  Carreiro, L R R ^a   Haddad, H ^a   Baldo, M V C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Attention; Simple reaction time; Spatial probability; Vision

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; VISUAL STIMULATION; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0041591001     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2003000700011     Document Type: Article

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