Cueing the location of a distractor: An inhibitory mechanism of spatial attention?

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-107

  Munneke, Jaap ^a   Van der Stigchel, Stefan ^b   Theeuwes, Jan ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cueing; Inhibition; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); JUDGMENT; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME;

EID: 49349099828     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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