Momentary reductions of attention permit greater processing of irrelevant stimuli

NeuroImage

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 609-615

  Weissman, D H ^a   Warner, L M ^b   Woldorff, M G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Auditory; Cognitive; fMRI; Response conflict; Visual

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249210962     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.06.081     Document Type: Article

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