Influence of attentional capture on oculomotor control

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1595-1608

  Theeuwes, Jan ^b,c   Kramer, Arthur F ^a   Hahn, Sowon ^a   Irwin, David E ^a   Zelinsky, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SACCADES;

EID: 0033256212     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.25.6.1595     Document Type: Article

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