Differential modulation of word recognition by semantic and spatial orienting of attention

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 787-801

  Cristescu, Tamara C ^a   Nobre, Anna Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTOMATION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTIC MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DECISION MAKING; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 43249085279     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2008.20503     Document Type: Article

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