Impairment in attentional processing in a field survival environment

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 643-652

  Leach, John ^a   Ansell, Louise ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARJON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; ATTENTION; AUDITORY MEMORY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 48249112541     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1385     Document Type: Article

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