Shifting Attention in Visual Space: Tests of Moving-Spotlight Models Versus an Activity-Distribution Model

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1380-1392

  LaBerge, David ^a   Carlson, Robert L ^a   Williams, John K ^a   Bunney, Blynn G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0031255245     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.23.5.1380     Document Type: Article

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