Phasic alertness can modulate executive control by enhancing global processing of visual stimuli

Cognition

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 454-458

  Weinbach, Noam ^a   Henik, Avishai ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alertness; Attention; Executive control; Global local processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 80055088845     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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