Do new objects capture attention?

Psychological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 275-281

  Franconeri, Steven L ^a,d   Hollingworth, Andrew ^b   Simons, Daniel J ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HABITUATION; HUMAN; LIGHT; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUE;

ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; LIGHT; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 17444431260     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0956-7976.2005.01528.x     Document Type: Article

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