Focused Attention Distorts Visual Space: An Attentional Repulsion Effect

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 443-463

  Suzuki, Satoru ^a   Cavanagh, Patrick ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ATTENTION; CUES; HUMANS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031113293     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.23.2.443     Document Type: Article

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