Rare targets are rarely missed in correctable search

Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 943-947

  Fleck, Mathias S ^a   Mitroff, Stephen R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS; VISION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 35348932307     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.02006.x     Document Type: Article

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