The interaction of attention and action: From seeing action to acting on perception

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-206

  Humphreys, Glyn W ^a   Yoon, Eun Young ^a   Kumar, Sanjay ^a   Lestou, Vaia ^a   Kitadono, Keiko ^a   Roberts, Katherine L ^a   Riddoch, M Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; EVOKED RESPONSE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEARNING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORIENTATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORIENTATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 77952656529     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712609X458927     Document Type: Article

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