Visuospatial attention: The role of target contrast and task difficulty when assessing the effects of cues

Perception

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 983-991

  Snowden, Robert J ^b   Willey, Jennifer ^a,b   Muir, Janice L ^b  

^a Glanrhyd Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0035233542     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p3068     Document Type: Article

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