Attentional set interacts with perceptual load in visual search

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 697-702

  Theeuwes, Jan ^a   Kramer, Arthur F ^b   Belopolsky, Artem V ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 15544377775     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03196622     Document Type: Article

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