The size of an attentional window modulates attentional capture by color singletons

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 934-938

  Belopolsky, Artem V ^a   Zwaan, Laura ^a   Theeuwes, Jan ^a   Kramer, Arthur F ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 37349006707     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03194124     Document Type: Article

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