Central and Peripheral Precuing of Forced-choice Discrimination

The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 859-880

  Cheal, MaryLou ^a   Lyon, Don R ^a  

^a Univ of Dayton Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL FIELD;

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

EID: 0026246545     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: 14640740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14640749108400960     Document Type: Article

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