Attending to eye movements and retinal eccentricity: Evidence for the activity distribution model of attention reconsidered

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1061-1066

  Turk Browne, Nicholas B ^a   Pratt, Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Distribution; Eccentricity; Eye movements

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL FIELD;

ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EYE MOVEMENTS; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; VISION DISPARITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 27844508164     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.31.5.1061     Document Type: Article

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