An ERP investigation on visuotactile interactions in peripersonal and extrapersonal space: Evidence for the spatial rule

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1550-1559

  Sambo, Chiara F ^a   Forster, Bettina ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650429972     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2009.21109     Document Type: Article

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