Blink and shrink: The effect of the attentional blink on spatial processing

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 613-631

  Olivers, Christian N L ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BLINKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BLINKING; CUES; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 2642572407     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.30.3.613     Document Type: Article

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