Spatial Precues Affect Target Discrimination in the Absence of Visual Noise

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 780-787

  Henderson, John M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECALL; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0030163877     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.22.3.780     Document Type: Article

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