Visual salience in the change detection paradigm: The special role of object onset

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 464-477

  Cole, Geoff G ^a   Kentridge, Robert W ^a   Heywood, Charles A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; HUMAN; LIGHT; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; VISION;

ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; HUMANS; LIGHT; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 2642581437     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.30.3.464     Document Type: Article

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