Mechanisms of Visual-Spatial Attention: Resource Allocation or Uncertainty Reduction?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 725-737

  Luck, Steven J ^a,d,e   Hillyard, Steven A ^a,d   Hawkins, Harold L ^b   Mouloua, Mustapha ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEARNING; ORIENTATION; VISION;

ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030162667     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.22.3.725     Document Type: Article

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