Attentional Persistence for Features of Hierarchical Patterns

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 227-249

  Robertson, Lynn C ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; RECEPTIVE FIELD;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030240314     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.125.3.227     Document Type: Article

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