Transient spatial attention degrades temporal resolution

Psychological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 225-231

  Yeshurun, Yaffa ^a   Levy, Liat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TIME PERCEPTION;

ATTENTION; CUES; FLICKER FUSION; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0042779720     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.02436     Document Type: Article

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