Low arousal modulates visuospatial attention in three-dimensional virtual space

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 309-317

  Heber, Ines A ^a   Valvoda, Jakob T ^b   Kuhlen, Torsten ^b   Fimm, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alertness; Attentional asymmetry; Depth perception; Orienting of attention; Sleep deprivation; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 39549115002     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S135561770808034X     Document Type: Article

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