Exploring set size effects in scenes: Identifying the objects of search

Visual Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Neider, Mark B ^a   Zelinsky, Gregory J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EFFECT SIZE; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE DISPLAY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 36749054071     PISSN: 13506285     EISSN: 14640716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13506280701381691     Document Type: Article

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