Subitization and attentional engagement by transient stimuli

Spatial Vision

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 17-50

  Alston, Louise ^a   Humphreys, Glyn W ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dorsal stream; Enumeration; Movement filter; Subitization; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL NEURAL STIMULATION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MAPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTION ESTIMATION; OPTICAL FILTERS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; TRANSIENTS;

DORSAL STREAM; ENUMERATION; MOVEMENT FILTERS; SUBITIZATION; VISUAL ATTENTION;

VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; HUMANS; MOTION PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 1642350012     PISSN: 01691015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856804322778251     Document Type: Conference Paper

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