Consistency of sustained attention across modalities: Comparing visual and auditory versions of the SART

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-50

  Seli, Paul ^a   Cheyne, James Allan ^a   Barton, Kevin R ^a   Smilek, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

attention; attention lapses; auditory SART; modality; sustained attention

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84862657378     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025111     Document Type: Article

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