Transient perceptual neglect: Visual working memory load affects conscious object processing

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2968-2982

  Emrich, Stephen M ^a   Burianová, Hana ^b   Ferber, Susanne ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL WORKING MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860421209     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00028     Document Type: Article

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