Evidence for divided automatic attention

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-169

  Silva, P S ^a   Ribeiro do Valle, L E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Automatic attention; Divided attention; Go no go reaction time; Visual priming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLINKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 41149172187     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2008000200013     Document Type: Article

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