Mechanisms underlying the left visual-field advantage in the dual stream RSVP task: Evidence from N2pc, P3, and distractor-evoked VEPs

Psychophysiology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1096-1106

  Verleger, Rolf ^a   Śmigasiewicz, Kamila ^a   Möller, Friderike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; ERPs; Left hemifield; N2pc; P3; Right hemisphere; RSVP; VEP

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959989492     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2011.01176.x     Document Type: Article

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