Subitizing requires attention

Visual Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 439-462

  Olivers, Christian N L ^a   Watson, Derrick G ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLINKING; COGNITION; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 42649093799     PISSN: 13506285     EISSN: 14640716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13506280701825861     Document Type: Article

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