A Psychophysiological Investigation of the Selection and the Use of Partial Stimulus Information in Response Choice

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-24

  Smid, Henderikus G O M ^a   Mulder, Gijsbertus ^b   Böcker, Koen B E ^c   Van Touw, Dennis A ^c   Brunia, Cornelis H M ^c  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; VISION;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030078364     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.22.1.3     Document Type: Article

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