Using frequency tagging to quantify attentional deployment in a visual divided attention task

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 289-298

  Toffanin, Paolo ^a   de Jong, Ritske ^a   Johnson, Addie ^a   Martens, Sander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ERP; Frequency tagging; SSVEP; Visuo spatial divided attention

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; ATTENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349165867     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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