Attentional Capture by Abrupt Onsets: New Perceptual Objects or Visual Masking?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1505-1513

  Yantis, Steven ^a   Jonides, John ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030329524     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.22.6.1505     Document Type: Article

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