Evidence for distinct attentional bottlenecks in attention switching and attentional blink tasks

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 6-26

  Peterson, Matthew S ^a   Juola, James F ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BLINKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ATTENTION; BLINKING; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033630373     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221300009598568     Document Type: Article

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