Spatial nonuniformities in visual search

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 331-368

  Efron, Robert ^a   Yund, E W ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0030208878     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brcg.1996.0050     Document Type: Article

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