How does information processing speed relate to the attentional blink?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Visser, Troy A W ^a   Ohan, Jeneva L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; BRAIN FUNCTION; CALCULATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858815883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033265     Document Type: Article

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