Rats and Humans Paying Attention: Cross-Species Task Development for Translational Research

Neuropsychology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 787-799

  Demeter, Elise ^a   Sarter, Martin ^a   Lustig, Cindy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

cross species; distraction; human; rat; sustained attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECIES COMPARISON; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56349093550     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013712     Document Type: Article

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