Strategy effects counteract distractor inhibition: Negative priming with constantly absent probe distractors

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 854-864

  Frings, Christian ^a   Wentura, Dirk ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contingency effects; Distractor inhibition; Negative priming; Selective attention; Strategy effects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; ORIENTATION; READING; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; ORIENTATION; READING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 33746615704     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.32.4.854     Document Type: Article

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