Feature-based attention modulates the perception of object contours

Journal of Vision

Volumn 7, Issue 14, 2007, Pages

  Stojanoski, Boge ^a   Niemeier, Matthias ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contours; Dual task; Feature based attention; Motion; Object perception; RSVP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 37549015954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/7.14.18     Document Type: Article

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