The role of attention in the occurrence of the affordance effect

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 449-458

  Riggio, Lucia ^a   Iani, Cristina ^b   Gherri, Elena ^b   Benatti, Fabio ^a   Rubichi, Sandro ^b   Nicoletti, Roberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Affordance effect; Attention orienting; Simon effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; STUDENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; STUDENTS;

EID: 38149142656     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2007.08.008     Document Type: Article

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