Investigating the nature and time-course of the modality shift effect between vision and touch

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 871-888

  Miles, Eleanor ^a   Brown, Richard ^b   Poliakoff, Ellen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Attentional capture; Cross modal; Modality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; STIMULATION; TIME; TOUCH; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH; VISION, OCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958066925     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2010.514054     Document Type: Article

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