The distractor positivity (Pd) signals lowering of attentional priority: Evidence from event-related potentials and individual differences

Psychophysiology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 685-696

  Burra, Nicolas ^a   Kerzel, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bottom up; Distractibility; EEG; Interindividual differences; N2pc; Pd; Saliency; Top down; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ATTENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902267838     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12215     Document Type: Article

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