Parallel processing in a multifeature whole-report paradigm

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 64-82

  Kyllingsbæk, Soren ^a   Bundesen, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Attention; Color; Direction; Orientation; Perceptual independence; Stochastic independence; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; RECEPTIVE FIELD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 33847203689     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.33.1.64     Document Type: Article

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