The relationship between sustained attention, attentional selectivity, and capacity

نویسندگان

  • Laura P. McAvinue
  • Signe Vangkilde
  • Katherine A. Johnson
  • Thomas Habekost
  • Søren Kyllingsbæk
  • Ian H. Robertson
  • Claus Bundesen
چکیده

The relationship between sustained attention, attentional selectivity, and capacity Laura P. McAvinue a , Signe Vangkilde b , Katherine A. Johnson a , Thomas Habekost b , Søren Kyllingsbæk b , Ian H. Robertson a & Claus Bundesen b a Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland b Centre for Visual Cognition, Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

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تاریخ انتشار 2012