Auditory Attentional Capture: Effects of Singleton Distractor Sounds

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 180-193

  Dalton, Polly ^a   Lavie, Nilli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; HEARING; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; HUMANS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 1142302035     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.30.1.180     Document Type: Article

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