Cueing spatial attention through timing and probability

Cortex

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 211-221

  Girardi, Giovanna ^a   Antonucci, Gabriella ^a,b   Nico, Daniele ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accessory information; Event probability; Selective attention; Spatial cueing; Supervisor system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; REACTION TIME; SPATIAL ATTENTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84872131546     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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