A psychophysical investigation into the preview benefit in visual search

Vision Research

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 735-745

  Allen, H A ^a   Humphreys, G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Attentional cueing; Distracter inhibition; Preview benefit; Search; Spatial uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 33847261580     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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