Effects of Task Requirements on Rapid Natural Scene Processing: From Common Sensory Encoding to Distinct Decisional Mechanisms

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1013-1026

  Bacon Macé, Nadège ^a   Kirchner, Holle ^a   Fabre Thorpe, Michèle ^a   Thorpe, Simon J ^a  

^a Brain and Cognition Research Center in Toulouse   (France)

Author keywords

decisional processes; manual and saccadic eye movement responses; masking; natural scenes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REACTION TIME;

EID: 36048981189     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.33.5.1013     Document Type: Article

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