A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study of sustained attention to local and global target features

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 370-375

  De Joux, Neil ^a   Russell, Paul N ^a   Helton, William S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Attention; Functional near infrared spectroscopy; Global local features; Laterality; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SPECTROSCOPY; STIMULUS DISCRIMINATION; SUSTAINED ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875265988     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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