Evidence from a response choice task reveals a selection bias in the attentional cueing paradigm

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 216-225

  Wilson, Daryl E ^a   Pratt, Jay ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Cues; Responses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CUES; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 35448956740     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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