Task-Set Reconfiguration Suspends Perceptual Processing: Evidence From Semantic Priming During the Attentional Blink

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 330-347

  Vachon, François ^a   Tremblay, Sébastien ^a   Jones, Dylan M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

attentional blink; perceptual processing; semantic priming; task switching; task set reconfiguration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLINKING; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMANTICS; VISION;

ATTENTION; BLINKING; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SEMANTICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34250177271     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.33.2.330     Document Type: Article

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