Attentional Control during Visual Search: The Effect of Irrelevant Singletons

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1342-1353

  Theeuwes, Jan ^a   Burger, Remca ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COLOR VISION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; VOLITION;

EID: 0032175207     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.24.5.1342     Document Type: Article

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