Feature sampling in detection: Implications for the measurement of perceptual independence

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 133-153

  Macho, Siegfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attentional shifts; Contaminated perceptual effects; Perceptual independence concepts; Pure perceptual effects; Signal detection theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33847611883     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.136.1.133     Document Type: Article

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