Stroop dilution depends on the nature of the color carrier but not on its location

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 826-839

  Cho, Yang Seok ^a   Lien, Mei Ching ^b   Proctor, Robert W ^c  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional capture; Attentional competition; Stroop dilution; Stroop effect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS;

ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS;

EID: 33746586655     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.32.4.826     Document Type: Article

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