Semantic and Spatial Components of Selective Attention

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-81

  Dark, Veronica J ^a,b   Vochatzer, Karl G ^a,b   VanVoorhis, Bart A ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0030075995     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.22.1.63     Document Type: Article

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