Suppression of salient objects prevents distraction in visual search

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 5658-5666

  Gaspar, John M ^a   McDonald, John J ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Distraction; EEG; ERP; Suppression; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITION; DISTRACTION; DRIVING ABILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ATTENTION; DISTRACTION; EEG; ERP; SUPPRESSION; VISUAL SEARCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899485625     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4161-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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