The effect of low arousal on visuo-spatial attention

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1261-1268

  Fimm, B ^a   Willmes, K ^a   Spijkers, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arousal; Attentional asymmetry; Orienting of attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; ORIENTATION; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CUES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 33646236084     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2006.01.027     Document Type: Article

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