Attentional mechanisms in visual signal detection: The effects of simultaneous and delayed noise and pattern masks

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1093-1104

  Smith, Philip L ^a   Wolfgang, Bradley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 35348835805     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193947     Document Type: Article

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