Selective attention and error processing in an illusory conjunction task: An event-related brain potential study

Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 216-231

  Wijers, Albertus A ^a   Boksem, Maarten A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ERPs; Error processing; Feature integration theory; Illusory conjunction task; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COLOR; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUSION; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; VISION;

EID: 22944437745     PISSN: 02698803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0269-8803.19.3.216     Document Type: Article

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