Allocating attention in the visual field: The effects of cue type and target-distractor confusability

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 281-294

  Laarni, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Colour cues; Priming; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COLOR; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033254345     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-6918(99)00045-1     Document Type: Article

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