Localizing the first position of a moving stimulus: The Fröhlich effect and an attention-shifting explanation

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 683-695

  Müsseler, Jochen ^a,b   Aschersleben, Gisa ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MOTION PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032066907     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03206055     Document Type: Article

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