Attentional scope is reduced by Internet use: A behavior and ERP study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2018, Pages

  Peng, Ming ^a   Chen, Xianke ^a   Zhao, Qingbai ^a   Zhou, Zongkui ^a  

^a CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; REACTION TIME; REST; THEORETICAL STUDY; ADDICTION; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85048166461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198543     Document Type: Article

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