Masking T1 Difficulty: Processing Time and the Attentional Blink

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 285-297

  Visser, Troy A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

attention; attentional blink; masking; temporal processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLINKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BLINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 34250205986     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.33.2.285     Document Type: Article

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