The early facilitatory effect of a peripheral spatially noninformative prime stimulus depends on target stimulus features

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 803-813

  Azevedo, E L ^a   Squella, S A F ^a   Ribeiro do Valle, L E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Attention; Forward masking; Priming; Reaction time; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISION;

EID: 0035379791     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2001000600017     Document Type: Article

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