Visualized representation of visual search patterns for a visuospatial attention test

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 383-390

  Huang, Ho Chuan ^a   Wang, Tsui Ying ^b  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REACTION TIME; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REFERENCE VALUE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 48149088658     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BRM.40.2.383     Document Type: Article

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