The neural processing fate of singleton target and nontarget stimuli

Brain Research

Volumn 1307, Issue , 2010, Pages 115-133

  Akyürek, Elkan G ^a   Dinkelbach, Angela ^a   Schubö, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

(non )target processing; Distraction; Event related potentials; N2pc; P2; P3; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70749142742     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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