The effects of occlusion and past experience on the allocation of object-based attention

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 721-727

  Pratt, Jay ^a   Sekuler, Allison B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; REACTION TIME;

ATTENTION; CUES; HUMANS; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0035756207     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03196209     Document Type: Article

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