The Prosthetics of Vigilant Attention: Random Cuing Cuts Processing Demands

Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 535-543

  O'Connor, Charlene ^a   Robertson, Ian H ^b   Levine, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Alerting tones; Arousal; DLPFC; FMRI; SART; Sustained attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RESPONSE TIME; SUSTAINED ATTENTION TO RESPONSE TASK; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS; VIGILANT ATTENTION;

EID: 79960046190     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022767     Document Type: Article

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