Phasic auditory alerting improves visual conscious perception

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1201-1210

  Kusnir, Flor ^a,b   Chica, Ana B ^a   Mitsumasu, Manuel A ^a   Bartolomeo, Paolo ^a,c,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conscious perception; Phasic alerting; Temporal orienting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY FEEDBACK; BEHAVIOR; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PREDICTION; REACTION TIME; STIMULUS; VISION; VISUAL DEPRIVATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ATTENTION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054852914     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2011.01.012     Document Type: Article

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