Attentional Limitations in the Sensing of Motion Direction

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 23-52

  Thornton, Thomas ^a   Gilden, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME;

ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0035431059     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cogp.2001.0751     Document Type: Article

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