Attention al selection of complex objects: Joint effects of surface uniformity and part structure

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1205-1211

  Hecht, Lauren N ^a,b   Vecera, Shaun P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 38149038658     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193114     Document Type: Article

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