Attentional load asymmetrically affects early electrophysiological indices of visual orienting

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1056-1065

  O'Connell, Redmond G ^a   Schneider, Dana ^a   Hester, Robert ^b   Mattingley, Jason B ^a   Bellgrove, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

attentional load; event related potentials; N1; visual orienting; visuospatial asymmetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954604458     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhq178     Document Type: Article

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