Differences Between Objects and Nonobjects in Visual Extinction: A Competition for Attention

Psychological Science

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 177-180

  Ward, Robert ^a   Goodrich, Susan ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0343799828     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.1996.tb00353.x     Document Type: Article

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