Prepare for conflict: EEG correlates of the anticipation of target competition during overt and covert shifts of visual attention

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1690-1700

  Kelly, Simon P ^a,b   Foxe, John J ^a,b   Newman, Geoffrey ^c   Edelman, Jay A ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c City College of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Electroencephalography; Human; Saccade; Spatial cue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCULOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951838969     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07219.x     Document Type: Article

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