N2pc and attentional capture by colour and orientation-singletons in pure and mixed visual search tasks

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 279-286

  Rodríguez Holguín, Socorro ^a   Doallo, Sonia ^a   Vizoso, Carmen ^a   Cadaveira, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attentional capture; ERP; Mixed task; N2pc; Pure task; Singletons; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651039376     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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