The premotor theory of attention and the Simon effect

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 259-264

  Van der Lubbe, Rob H J ^a   Abrahamse, Elger L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention and action; Perception and action; Premotor theory of attention; Simon effect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CUES; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79952734830     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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