Spatial attention modulates tactile change detection

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 224, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 295-302

  Van Hulle, Lore ^a   Van Damme, Stefaan ^a   Spence, Charles ^b   Crombez, Geert ^a   Gallace, Alberto ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Change detection; Hypervigilance; Spatial attention; Tactile perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY REGIONS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOUCH; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SPACE PERCEPTION; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872322686     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-012-3311-5     Document Type: Article

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