Change detection

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2002, Pages 245-277

  Rensink, Ronald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Change blindness; Eye movements; Scene perception; Visual attention; Visual memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MEMORY; MOTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; VISION;

ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MEMORY; MOTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036407660     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.53.100901.135125     Document Type: Article

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