The attentional requirements of consciousness

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 411-417

  Cohen, Michael A ^a   Cavanagh, Patrick ^b   Chun, Marvin M ^c   Nakayama, Ken ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL RELATIONS;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; AWARENESS; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMAN; REVIEW; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84864040344     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2012.06.013     Document Type: Review

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