Visual Attention Modulates Signal Detectability

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 802-811

  Hawkins, Harold L ^a   Hillyard, Steven A ^b   Luck, Steven J ^b   Mouloua, Mustapha ^c   Downing, Cathryn J ^d   Woodward, Donald P ^a  

^a OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0025520668     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.16.4.802     Document Type: Article

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