Unmasking the Attentional Blink

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 159-169

  Nieuwenstein, Mark R ^a   Potter, Mary C ^b   Theeuwes, Jan ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

attentional blink; sustained attention; transient attention; visual masking; working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; CUES; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PERCEPTUAL MASKING;

EID: 60349113797     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.35.1.159     Document Type: Article

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