Does Selecting One Visual Object From Several Require Inhibition of the Actions Associated With Nonselected Objects?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 670-691

  Ellis, Rob ^a   Tucker, Mike ^a   Symes, Ed ^a   Vainio, Lari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

action; affordance; inhibition; object; selection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REACTION TIME; VISION;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34547396428     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.33.3.670     Document Type: Article

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