A Behavioral Study of Distraction by Vibrotactile Novelty

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1134-1139

  Parmentier, Fabrice B R ^a,b   Ljungberg, Jessica K ^c,d   Elsley, Jane V ^e   Lindkvist, Markus ^f  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attention capture; Distraction; Novelty; Oddball paradigm; Tactile modality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REFERENCE VALUE; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961139910     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021931     Document Type: Article

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