Stimulus array onset as a preparatory signal in attentional selection

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 599-614

  Rodway, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 3342930452     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.98.2.599-614     Document Type: Article

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