Attentional load is not a critical factor for eliciting C1 attentional effect - A reply to Rauss, Pourtois, Vuilleumier, and Schwartz

Biological Psychology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 321-324

  Fu, Shimin ^a   Fedota, John R ^b   Greenwood, Pamela M ^b   Parasuraman, Raja ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR THEORY; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; LETTER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FEEDBACK; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84866759984     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.03.012     Document Type: Letter

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