Efficiency of visual selective attention is related to the type of target

Psychological Research

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 110-115

  Cheal, MaryLou ^a   Chastain, Garvin ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036559374     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-001-0083-0     Document Type: Article

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