The deployment of visual attention during temporal integration: An electrophysiological investigation

Psychophysiology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 885-898

  Akyürek, Elkan G ^a   Meijerink, Steven K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

N2; N2pc; P3; Spatial attention; Temporal integration; Visual event related potential

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862329852     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2012.01380.x     Document Type: Article

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