Bridging the gap between monkey neurophysiology and human perception: An ambiguity resolution theory of visual selective attention

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 64-87

  Luck, Steven J ^a   Girelli, Massimo ^b   McDermott, Michele T ^b   Ford, Michelle A ^b  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031160537     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cogp.1997.0660     Document Type: Article

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