Pushing around the locus of selection: Evidence for the flexible-selection hypothesis

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1907-1922

  Vogel, Edward K ^a   Woodman, Geoffrey F ^b   Luck, Steven J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL TASK; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33644920708     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089892905775008599     Document Type: Article

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