The relationship between sustained attention, attentional selectivity, and capacity

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 313-328

  McAvinue, Laura P ^a   Vangkilde, Signe ^b   Johnson, Katherine A ^a   Habekost, Thomas ^b   Kyllingsbæk, Søren ^b   Robertson, Ian H ^a   Bundesen, Claus ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Attentional ability; Sustained attention; Theory of Visual Attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SUSTAINED ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY; THEORY OF VISUAL ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATHEMATICS; PARAMETERS; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

EID: 84861320012     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2011.628653     Document Type: Article

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