Global and local attention in the attentional blink

Journal of Vision

Volumn 7, Issue 14, 2007, Pages

  Crewther, David P ^a   Lawson, Murray L ^b   Crewther, Sheila G ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attentional blink; Global and local attention; RSVP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL REFRACTORY PERIOD; TIME; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REFRACTORY PERIOD, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 36749031068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/7.14.9     Document Type: Article

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