Evidence of Limited Capacity and Noise Reduction with Single-Element Displays in the Location-Cuing Paradigm

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-71

  Cheal, MaryLou ^a,c   Gregory, Marcus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031062582     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.23.1.51     Document Type: Article

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