Is visual selective attention in deaf individuals enhanced or deficient? The case of the useful field of view

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Dye, Matthew W G ^a   Hauser, Peter C ^b   Bavelier, Daphne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERIPHERAL VISION; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SIGN LANGUAGE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; USEFUL FIELD OF VIEW; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION; ATTENTION; FEMALE; PATIENT; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; SIGN LANGUAGE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 66249099227     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005640     Document Type: Article

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