Event-related potentials reveal dissociable mechanisms for orienting and focusing visuospatial attention

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 341-353

  Fu, Shimin ^a   Caggiano, Daniel M ^a   Greenwood, Pamela M ^a   Parasuraman, Raja ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cue size effect; Cue validity effect; Event related potentials (ERPs); Focusing, orienting; Peripheral cues; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 16844374149     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogbrainres.2004.11.014     Document Type: Article

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