Target predictability, sustained attention, and response inhibition

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-42

  Carter, Leonie ^a   Russell, Paul N ^a   Helton, William S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Executive control; Near infrared spectroscopy; Response inhibition; Sustained attention; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE INHIBITION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUSTAINED ATTENTION; SUSTAINED ATTENTION TO RESPONSE TASK; TARGET PREDICTABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; TRADITIONALLY FORMATTED VIGILANCE TASK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BRAIN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 84875257350     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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