Faster, more intense! The relation between electrophysiological reflections of attentional orienting, sensory gain control, and speed of responding

Brain Research

Volumn 1178, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 92-105

  Talsma, Durk ^a   Mulckhuyse, Manon ^a   Slagter, Heleen A ^b   Theeuwes, Jan ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Deployment; Electrophysiology; N2pc; Response latency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN REGION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RESPONSE TIME; SENSORY STIMULATION; SENSORY SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 35448931017     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.07.099     Document Type: Article

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