Electrophysiological evidence of the capture of visual attention

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 604-613

  Hickey, Clayton ^a,b   McDonald, John J ^b   Theeuwes, Jan ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 33646756919     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2006.18.4.604     Document Type: Article

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