On the distinction between visual salience and stimulus-driven attentional capture

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 661-676

  Yantis, Steven ^a   Egeth, Howard E ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; HUMANS; MOTION PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033141467     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.25.3.661     Document Type: Article

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