Unconscious orientation processing depends on perceptual load

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Bahrami, Bahador ^a,b   Carmel, David ^a,b,c   Walsh, Vincent ^a,b   Rees, Geraint ^a,c   Lavie, Nilli ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Continuous flash suppression; Orientation adaptation; Perceptual load; Unconscious processing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 40949150185     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.3.12     Document Type: Article

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