The posterior contralateral negativity as a temporal indicator of visuo-spatial processing

Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 182-194

  Wolber, M ^a,b   Wascher, Edmund ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Event related potential; N2pc; PCN; Spatial attention; Visuo spatial processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SENSIBILITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

EID: 22944439378     PISSN: 02698803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0269-8803.19.3.182     Document Type: Article

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