Uncovering the neural signature of lapsing attention: Electrophysiological signals predict errors up to 20 s before they occur

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 26, 2009, Pages 8604-8611

  O'Connell, Redmond G ^a,b   Dockree, Paul M ^a   Robertson, Ian H ^a   Bellgrove, Mark A ^b   Foxe, John J ^c,d   Kelly, Simon P ^c,d,e  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EXPECTANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEADY STATE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FLICKER FUSION; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649949469     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5967-08.2009     Document Type: Article

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