Selective attention to specific features within objects: Behavioral and electrophysiological evidence

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 539-561

  Nobre, Anna Christina ^a   Rao, Anling ^a   Chelazzi, Leonardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33646765448     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2006.18.4.539     Document Type: Article

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