Biased competition and visual search: The role of luminance and size contrast

Psychological Research

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 106-113

  Proulx, Michael J ^a,b   Egeth, Howard E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; LIGHT; PERCEPTION; VISION;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; LIGHT; SIZE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 36448939754     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-006-0077-z     Document Type: Article

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