Distributed and Focused Attention: Neuropsychological Evidence for Separate Attentional Mechanisms When Counting and Estimating

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1076-1088

  Demeyere, Nele ^a   Humphreys, Glyn W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

counting; distributed attention; estimating; neuropsychology; numerosity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; REACTION TIME;

ATTENTION; COGNITION; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 36048966897     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.33.5.1076     Document Type: Article

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