Spatial selection via feature-driven inhibition of distractor locations

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 727-746

  Cepeda, Nicholas J ^a   Cave, Kyle R ^b   Bichot, Narcisse P ^b   Kim, Min Shik ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032111404     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03206059     Document Type: Article

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