The beneficial effect of concurrent task-irrelevant mental activity on temporal attention

Psychological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 265-269

  Olivers, Christian N L ^a   Nieuwenhuis, Sander ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSIC; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; RESPONSE TIME;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FREE ASSOCIATION; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; REFRACTORY PERIOD, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 17444427776     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0956-7976.2005.01526.x     Document Type: Article

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