Sequential effects within a short foreperiod context: Evidence for the conditioning account of temporal preparation

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 297-307

  Steinborn, Michael B ^a   Rolke, Bettina ^a   Bratzke, Daniel ^a   Ulrich, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Foreperiod; Reaction time; Temporal preparation; Trace conditioning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONDITIONING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ATTENTION; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52049088266     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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