Selection Difficulty and Interitem Competition Are Independent Factors in Rapid Visual Stream Perception

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 146-158

  Kawahara, Jun ichiro ^a   Enns, James T ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

attention; attentional blink; distractor rejection; interitem competition; selection difficulty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; HUMAN; VISION;

ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; HUMANS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 60349090197     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013164     Document Type: Article

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