Effects of mental fatigue on the capacity limits of visual attention

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 511-524

  Csathó, Árpád ^a   Van Der Linden, Dimitri ^b   Hernádi, István ^a   Buzás, Péter ^a   Kalmár, Gergely ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mental fatigue; Time on task; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KNOWLEDGE; PERFORMANCE; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; REACTION TIME; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT;

EID: 84864054977     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2012.658039     Document Type: Article

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