Efficient visual search without top-down or bottom-up guidance

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 239-253

  Wang, Deliang ^a,d   Kristjansson, Arni ^b   Nakayama, Ken ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Ohio State University   (United States)

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EID: 21244441585     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03206488     Document Type: Review

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