Attention and luminance detection: Effects of cues, masks, and pedestals

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1401-1420

  Smith, Philip L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034243256     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.26.4.1401     Document Type: Article

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