Contextual Cueing: Implicit Learning and Memory of Visual Context Guides Spatial Attention

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 28-71

  Chun, Marvin M ^a   Jiang, Yuhong ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032086573     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cogp.1998.0681     Document Type: Article

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