Attentional limitations in processing sequentially presented vibrotactile targets

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1068-1082

  Hillstrom, Anne P ^a   Shapiro, Kimron L ^b   Spence, Charles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZATION; TOUCH; VIBRATION; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TOUCH; VIBRATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036777061     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03194757     Document Type: Article

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