Attentional selection and identification of visual objects are reflected by distinct electrophysiological responses

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 531-536

  Mazza, Veronica ^a,d   Turatto, Massimo ^a   Umiltà, Carlo ^b   Eimer, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attentional control; Event related brain potentials; Visual cognition; Visual working memory; Visual spatial attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; COLOR PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 34447536170     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-1002-4     Document Type: Article

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