Reliable- and unreliable-warning cues in the Sustained Attention to Response Task

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 209, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 401-407

  Helton, William S ^a   Head, James ^a   Russell, Paul N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Attention; Impulsivity; Mindlessness; Speed accuracy trade off; Sustained attention; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESPONSE TIME; SUSTAINED ATTENTION TO RESPONSE TASK; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952438203     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2563-9     Document Type: Article

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