Tops are more salient than bottoms

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 625-635

  Chambers, Kenneth W ^a,d   McBeath, Michael K ^b   Schiano, Diane J ^c   Metz, Eric G ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Interval Research Corporation   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 0033125561     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03205535     Document Type: Article

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