The meaning of the mask matters: Evidence of conceptual interference in the attentional blink

Psychological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 775-779

  Dux, Paul E ^a,b   Coltheart, Veronika ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLINKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STUDENT; TIME; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BLINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 27744491000     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2005.01613.x     Document Type: Article

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