Attentional asymmetries in a visual orienting task are related to temperament

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1508-1515

  Garner, Kelly G ^a   Dux, Paul E ^a   Wagner, Joe ^a   Cummins, Tarrant D R ^a   Chambers, Christopher D ^b   Bellgrove, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention asymmetry; Behavioural Activation System; Behavioural Inhibition System; Pseudoneglect; Temperament

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BEHAVIORAL ACTIVATION SYSTEM; BEHAVIORAL INHIBITION SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; RATING SCALE; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TEMPERAMENT; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION; TEMPERAMENT; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84867471379     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2012.666205     Document Type: Article

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