The effects of attentional spread and attentional effort on orientation discrimination

Spatial Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 367-383

  Sade, Amikam ^a   Spitzer, Hedva ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031594926     PISSN: 01691015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856898X00086     Document Type: Article

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