Do equiluminant object onsets capture visual attention?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1609-1624

  Gellatly, Angus ^a   Cole, Geoff ^a   Blurton, Anthony ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0033255750     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.25.6.1609     Document Type: Article

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