Reflexive attention attenuates change blindness (but only briefly)

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 489-495

  Smith, D T ^a   Schenk, T ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 44449156556     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PP.70.3.489     Document Type: Article

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