Ignorance is bliss: The role of observer expectation in dynamic spatial tuning of the attentional focus

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1162-1174

  Jefferies, Lisa N ^a   Ghorashi, Shahab ^a   Kawahara, Jun Ichiro ^b   Di Lollo, Vincent ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 36148935603     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193953     Document Type: Article

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