A comparison of bilateral versus unilateral target and distractor presentation in the remote distractor paradigm

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 334-341

  Benson, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discrimination and decision processes; Remote distractor effect (RDE)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINATION AND DECISION PROCESSES; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOGRAPHY; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; REMOTE DISTRACTOR EFFECT (RDE); SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

DISCRIMINATION AND DECISION PROCESSES; REMOTE DISTRACTOR EFFECT (RDE);

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54149097372     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169.55.5.334     Document Type: Article

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