Synergy of stimulus-driven salience and goal-directed prioritization: Evidence from the spatial blink

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1489-1503

  Du, Feng ^a   Abrams, Richard A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINKING; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; VISION;

BLINKING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; GOALS; HUMANS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 58149376522     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PP.70.8.1489     Document Type: Article

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