Sustained and transient attention in the continuous performance task

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 859-883

  Smid, H G O M ^a   De Witte, M R ^a   Homminga, I ^a   Van Den Bosch, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TARGET VARIABLE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745826657     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390591001025     Document Type: Article

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