Clever Homunculus: Is There an Endogenous Act of Control in the Explicit Task-cuing Procedure?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 575-599

  Logan, Gordon D ^a   Bundesen, Claus ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN; COGNITION; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME; VISION;

BRAIN; COGNITION; CUES; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0041977185     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.29.3.575     Document Type: Article

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