ERP correlates of tactile spatial attention differ under intra- and intermodal conditions

Biological Psychology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-233

  Forster, Bettina ^a   Sambo, Chiara F ^a   Pavone, Enea F ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attention; ERP; Somatosensory; Tactile; Visual engagement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; CUES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPACE PERCEPTION; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 70350132213     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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