Spatial attention and object-based attention: A comparison within a single task

Vision Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-81

  Soto, David ^a   Blanco, Manuel J ^a  

^a University of Santiago de Compostela   (Spain)

Author keywords

Object based attention; Spatial attention; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT BASED ATTENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ATTENTION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL SYSTEM; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

EID: 0242352556     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2003.08.013     Document Type: Article

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