Does size rescaling require central attention?

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 10-17

  Tombu, Michael ^a   Jolicœur, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESPONSE TIME;

ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFRACTORY PERIOD, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0040668269     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0087381     Document Type: Article

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