Endogenous orienting modulates the Simon effect: Critical factors in experimental design

Psychological Research

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-272

  Abrahamse, Elger L ^a   Van Der Lubbe, Rob H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 40949089689     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-007-0110-x     Document Type: Article

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