Electrophysiological evidence for both perceptual and postperceptual selection during the attentional blink

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2005-2018

  Giesbrecht, Barry ^a   Sy, Jocelyn L ^a   Elliott, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36849088114     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2007.19.12.2005     Document Type: Article

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