Visual Search for Singleton Feature Targets Across Dimensions: Stimulus- and Expectancy-Driven Effects in Dimensional Weighting

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1021-1035

  Müller, Hermann J ^a   Reimann, Brit ^a   Krummenacher, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COLOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECEPTIVE FIELD; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COLOR; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOLITION;

EID: 0242594008     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.29.5.1021     Document Type: Article

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