Implicit processing of tactile information: Evidence from the tactile change detection paradigm

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 534-546

  Pritchett, David ^a   Gallace, Alberto ^b   Spence, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attention; Awareness; Change blindness; Consciousness; Implicit processing; Touch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TOUCH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051665797     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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