Inter-trial inhibition of attention to features is modulated by task relevance

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 15, 2008, Pages

  Levinthal, Brian R ^a   Lleras, Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Attentional set; Inter trial inhibition; Top down modulation; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 56849116480     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.15.12     Document Type: Article

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