Effects of feature-selective and spatial attention at different stages of visual processing

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 238-246

  Andersen, Søren K ^a   Fuchs, Sandra ^a   Müller, Matthias M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CINERADIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SPATIAL ATTENTION; STEADY STATE; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649464970     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2009.21328     Document Type: Article

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