The Time Course of Attention: Selection Is Transient

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Wilschut, Anna ^a   Theeuwes, Jan ^a   Olivers, Christian N L ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASKING; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; STIMULUS ONSET ASYNCHRONY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPTH PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859259142     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027661     Document Type: Article

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