Spatial separation between targets constrains maintenance of attention on multiple objects

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 390-397

  Shim, Won Mok ^a,b   Alvarez, George A ^b   Jiang, Yuhong V ^a,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REACTION TIME;

ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 48049122014     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.15.2.390     Document Type: Article

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