The role of selective attention on academic foundations: A cognitive neuroscience perspective

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Stevens, Courtney ^a   Bavelier, Daphne ^b,c  

^a WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Development; Distractor suppression; Selective attention; Training

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE; CONFLICT; DISTRACTIBILITY; EDUCATION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RECREATION; REVIEW; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84857035968     PISSN: 18789293     EISSN: 18789307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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