Impulsive responding and the sustained attention to response task

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-47

  Helton, William S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Impulsivity; Mindlessness; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SUSTAINED ATTENTION TO RESPONSE TASK; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57749091641     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390801978856     Document Type: Article

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