Electrophysiological indices of target and distractor processing in visual search

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 760-775

  Hickey, Clayton ^a,b   Di Lollo, Vincent ^b   McDonald, John J ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMINANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; VISION; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; COLOR VISION; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65249171971     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2009.21039     Document Type: Article

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