Does Color Synesthesia Pose a Paradox for Early-Selection Theories of Attention?

Psychological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 277-281

  Laeng, Bruno ^a   Svartdal, Frode ^a   Oelmann, Hella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CASE REPORT; COLOR VISION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; VISION;

ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 2042514942     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0956-7976.2004.00666.x     Document Type: Article

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