Practice does not make perfect in a modified sustained attention to response task

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 232, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 565-573

  Head, James ^a   Helton, William S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Attention; Response inhibition; Speed accuracy trade offs; Sustained attention; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893840459     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-013-3765-0     Document Type: Article

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