Distinguishing between the precision of attentional localization and attentional resolution

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 573-582

  Moore, Cathleen M ^a   Lanagan Leitzel, Lyndsey K ^b   Fine, Elisabeth M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Schepens Eve Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; HUMAN; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; HUMANS; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 48049124773     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PP.70.4.573     Document Type: Article

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