Visual search and attention: A signal detection theory approach

Neuron

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 523-535

  Verghese, Preeti ^a  

^a SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RESPONSE TIME; REVIEW; SIGNAL DETECTION; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

EID: 0035974859     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(01)00392-0     Document Type: Review

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