Attention alters the appearance of spatial frequency and gap size

Psychological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 644-651

  Gobell, Joetta ^a   Carrasco, Marisa ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CUES; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 13244296303     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2005.01588.x     Document Type: Article

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