Visual perceptual load modulates an auditory microreflex

Psychophysiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 498-501

  Parks, Nathan A ^a   Hilimire, Matthew R ^a   Corballis, Paul M ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory microreflex; Crossmodal attention; Perceptual load; Postauricular muscle reflex (PAMR); Postauricular reflex (PAR); Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; POSTAURICULAR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; EAR AURICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REFLEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64149100183     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2009.00801.x     Document Type: Article

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