Cued visual attention does not distinguish between occluded and occluding objects

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 496-503

  Haimson, Craig ^a   Behrmann, Marlene ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035462044     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03196184     Document Type: Article

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