Shifting attention between the space of the body and external space: Electrophysiological correlates of visual-nociceptive crossmodal spatial attention

Psychophysiology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 464-477

  Favril, Louis ^a   Mouraux, André ^b   Sambo, Chiara F ^c   Legrain, Valéry ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body; Crossmodal; ERPs; Nociception; Pain; Space

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898031706     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12157     Document Type: Article

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