The role of perceptual load in negative priming

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1038-1052

  Lavie, Nilli ^a   Fox, Elaine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034198033     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.26.3.1038     Document Type: Article

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