Attention Set for Number: Expectation and Perceptual Load in Inattentional Blindness

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1092-1107

  White, Rebekah C ^a,b   Davies, Anne Aimola ^a,b,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

attentional set; expectation; inattentional blindness; perceptual load

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 54949145696     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.34.5.1092     Document Type: Article

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