The effect of available choice on the cognitive processing of pictures

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 388-402

  Wise, Kevin ^a   Pepple, Kimberlee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Fleishman Hillard   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECOGNITION;

COGNITIVE PROCESSING; COMPUTER MEDIA; HEART RATE;

IMAGE CODING;

EID: 38349102762     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2007.01.027     Document Type: Article

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