Involvement of memory-comparison-based change detection in visual distraction

Psychophysiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 445-457

  Kimura, Motohiro ^a   Katayama, Jun'Ichi ^a   Murohashi, Harumitsu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attentional capture; Event related brain potentials (ERPs); Visual change detection; Visual distraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUMINANCE; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 41849107245     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2007.00640.x     Document Type: Article

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