Do the Contents of Visual Working Memory Automatically Influence Attentional Selection During Visual Search?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 363-377

  Woodman, Geoffrey F ^a   Luck, Steven J ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

attention; capture; visual search; working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTOMATISM; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTOMATISM; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34250222733     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.33.2.363     Document Type: Article

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