Endogenous eye blinks in preadolescents: Relationship to information processing and performance

Biological Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 191-219

  Pivik, R T ^a,b,c   Dykman, R A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Continuous performance task; Dopamine; Endogenous blink; Gender; Preadolescents; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; REACTION TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; BLINKING; BRAIN; CHILD; COGNITION; DOPAMINE; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 16544393388     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2003.10.005     Document Type: Article

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