Spatial and Temporal Attention Modulate the Early Stages of Face Processing: Behavioural Evidence from a Reaching Paradigm

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Quek, Genevieve L ^a   Finkbeiner, Matthew ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FACE; HUMANS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874551182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057365     Document Type: Article

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