Just say no: How are visual searches terminated when there is no target present?

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-78

  Chun, Marvin M ^a   Wolfe, Jeremy M ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030075387     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cogp.1996.0002     Document Type: Article

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