Attentional enhancement during multiple-object tracking

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 411-417

  Drew, Trafton ^a   McCollough, Andrew W ^a   Horowitz, Todd S ^b,c   Vogel, Edward K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; COLOR VISION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66849132323     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.16.2.411     Document Type: Article

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