The Adaptive Character of the Attentional System: Statistical Sensitivity in a Target Localization Task

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 631-649

  Reder, Lynne M ^a   Weber, Keith ^a,b   Shang, Jen ^a,c   Vanyukov, Polina M ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ATTENTION; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0141642100     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.29.3.631     Document Type: Article

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