Localized attentional interference affects object individuation, not feature detection

Perception

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-32

  McCarley, Jason S ^a   Mounts, Jeffrey R W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 33847772289     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p5598     Document Type: Article

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