PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Tecce, Joseph J.
AU  - Scheff, Neil M.
TI  - Attention Reduction and Suppressed Direct-Current Potentials in the Human Brain
AID  - 10.1126/science.164.3877.331
DP  - 1969 Apr 18
TA  - Science
PG  - 331--333
VI  - 164
IP  - 3877
4099  - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/164/3877/331.short
4100  - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/164/3877/331.full
SO  - Science1969 Apr 18; 164
AB  - Distraction suppresses direct-current potentials (contingent negative variation) recorded from the human scalp. This reduction is accompanied by retarded reaction time. Contingent negative variation and reaction time appear to reflect a common process, attention.