Distractor inhibition is more effective at a central than at a peripheral location

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1081-1091

  Chen, Zhe ^a   Treisman, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA FOVEA; VISION;

ATTENTION; FIXATION, OCULAR; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 50249105867     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PP.70.6.1081     Document Type: Article

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