Perceptual reversals need no prompting by attention

Journal of Vision

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Pastukhov, Alexander ^a,b   Braun, Jochen ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambiguous patterns; Divided attention; Dual task; Multistable perception; Perceptual rivalry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; ROTATION; TIME; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; ROTATION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34547125788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/7.10.5     Document Type: Article

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