Distorted subjective reports of stimulus onsets under dual-task conditions: Delayed conscious perception or estimation bias?

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 30, Issue , 2014, Pages 36-47

  Bratzke, Daniel ^a   Bryce, Donna ^a   Seifried Dübon, Tanja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attentional bottleneck; Clock paradigm; Conscious perception; Introspection; Psychological refractory period

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUS PERCEPTION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL-TASK PERFORMANCE (TEST); FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RESPONSE TIME; SELF REPORT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL REFRACTORY PERIOD; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONSCIOUSNESS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFRACTORY PERIOD, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF REPORT; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906074141     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2014.07.016     Document Type: Article

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