Text-speak processing and the sustained attention to response task

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 103-111

  Head, James ^a   Russell, Paul N ^a   Dorahy, Martin J ^a   Neumann, Ewald ^a   Helton, William S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Attention; Impulsivity; Mindlessness; Speed accuracy trade offs; Sustained attention; Text speak; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; RESPONSE TIME; SUSTAINED ATTENTION TO RESPONSE TASK;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856276861     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2914-6     Document Type: Article

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