The effects of selective and divided attention on sensory precision and integration

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 614, Issue , 2016, Pages 24-28

  Odegaard, Brian ^a   Wozny, David R ^a   Shams, Ladan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Engineering IV   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian Causal Inference; Bisensory attention; Multisensory integration; Selective attention; Unisensory attention

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; HEARING; HUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; VISION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84952889152     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2015.12.039     Document Type: Article

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