Personal Names and the Attentional Blink: A Visual "Cocktail Party" Effect

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 504-514

  Shapiro, Kimron L ^a,d   Caldwell, Judy ^a,b   Sorensen, Robyn E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UK   (United Kingdom)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NAMES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031113333     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.23.2.504     Document Type: Article

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