Visuospatial attention and motor reaction in children: An electrophysiological study of the 'Posner' paradigm

Psychophysiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 231-241

  Perchet, Caroline ^a   García Larrea, Luis ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Attention shifting; Children; Event related potentials; P3; Posner paradigm; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0343158257     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0048577200981368     Document Type: Article

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