Attentional spreading in object-based attention

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 842-853

  Richard, Ashleigh M ^a   Lee, Hyunkyu ^a   Vecera, Shaun P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Attentional prioritization; Attentional spreading; Object based attention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECALL; RECOGNITION;

ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CUES; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 58149114733     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.34.4.842     Document Type: Article

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