Gender differences in visual reflexive attention shifting: Evidence from an ERP study

Brain Research

Volumn 1401, Issue , 2011, Pages 59-65

  Feng, Qing ^a   Zheng, Yaqin ^b   Zhang, Xuemin ^a   Song, Yan ^a   Luo, Yue Jia ^a   Li, Yingdi ^a   Talhelm, Thomas ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XUCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Event related potential; Gender difference; Human adult; Reflexive attention shifting; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BRAIN REGION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL REFLEX;

ATTENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959744307     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 00068993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.05.041     Document Type: Article

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