Attentional capture and inhibition (of return): The effect on perceptual sensitivity

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1305-1312

  Theeuwes, Jan ^a   Chen, Chi Yong Donny ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33645755161     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193636     Document Type: Article

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