Selectivity in Distraction by Irrelevant Featural Singletons: Evidence for Two Forms of Attentional Capture

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 847-858

  Folk, Charles L ^a   Remington, Roger ^b  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; HUMANS; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032092790     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.24.3.847     Document Type: Article

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