Active listening impairs visual perception and selectivity: An ERP study of auditory dual-task costs on visual attention

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 832-844

  Gherri, Elena ^a,b   Eimer, Martin ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VISUAL ATTENTION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650761174     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2010.21468     Document Type: Article

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