Double Take: Parallel Processing by the Cerebral Hemispheres Reduces the Attentional Blink

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 298-329

  Scalf, Paige E ^a   Banich, Marie T ^b   Kramer, Arthur F ^a   Narechania, Kunjan ^a   Simon, Clarissa D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attentional blink; interhemispheric interaction; laterality; perceptual selection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLINKING; BRAIN; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BLINKING; BRAIN; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; NERVE NET;

EID: 34250163565     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.33.2.298     Document Type: Article

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