Voluntary and involuntary attention vary as a function of impulsivity

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 405-411

  Landau, Ayelet N ^a,c   Elwan, Deena ^a   Holtz, Sarah ^b   Prinzmetal, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Head Royce School   (United States)

^c ERNST STRÜNGMANN INSTITUTE ESI FOR NEUROSCIENCE IN COOPERATION WITH MAX PLANCK SOCIETY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Impulsivity; Individual differences; Involuntary attention; Spatial attention; Voluntary attention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860864900     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-012-0240-z     Document Type: Article

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