A direct comparison of exogenous and endogenous inhibition of return and selective attention mechanisms in the somatosensory system

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 269-279

  Cohen, Jason C ^a   Bolanowski, Stanley J ^a   Verrillo, Ronald T ^a  

^a Syracuse Institute for Sensory Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Endogenous; Exogenous; Inhibition of return; Somatosensory system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TACTILE STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ATTENTION; CUES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MECHANORECEPTORS; NEURAL INHIBITION; ORIENTATION; PACINIAN CORPUSCLES; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 33644614829     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/ken.2005.0017     Document Type: Article

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