An attentional mechanism for selecting appropriate actions afforded by graspable objects

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1253-1257

  Loach, Daniel ^a   Frischen, Alexandra ^a   Bruce, Neil ^b   Tsotsos, John K ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; STUDENT; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; REACTION TIME; STUDENTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57649245641     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02234.x     Document Type: Article

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