Selective processing of superimposed objects: An electrophysiological analysis of object-based attentional selection

Biological Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 159-182

  Weber, Timothy A ^a   Kramer, Arthur F ^a   Miller, Gregory A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

ERPs; Object representation; Object based attention; Spatial attention

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; COLOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031057458     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0511(96)05227-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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