Attentional distractor interference may be diminished by concurrent working memory load in normal participants and traumatic brain injury patients

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 298-305

  Gil Gómez de Liaño, Beatriz ^a   Umiltà, Carlo ^b   Stablum, Franca ^b   Tebaldi, Francesca ^c   Cantagallo, Anna ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Distractor processing; Selective attention; Traumatic brain injury patients; Working memory load

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 78049423480     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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