Signal salience and the mindlessness theory of vigilance

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-25

  Helton, William S ^a   Warm, Joel S ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Automaticity; Mindlessness; Stress; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTOMATISM; AWARENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTOMATISM; AWARENESS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 49349116300     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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