Spreading the sparing: Against a limited-capacity account of the attentional blink

Psychological Research

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 126-139

  Olivers, Christian N L ^a   Van Der Stigchel, Stefan ^a   Hulleman, Johan ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLINKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; TIME; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BLINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33846997583     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-005-0029-z     Document Type: Article

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