Conscious thought and the sustained attention to response task

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 600-607

  Helton, William S ^a,b   Kern, Rosalie P ^b   Walker, Donieka R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Impulsivity; Mindlessness; Speed accuracy tradeoffs; Sustained attention; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; SELF REPORT; SUSTAINED ATTENTION TO RESPONSE TASK; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BOREDOM; CONSCIOUSNESS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SIZE PERCEPTION; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249229489     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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