The prioritization of feature singletons in the change detection paradigm

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 134-146

  Cole, Geoff G ^a   Kuhn, Gustav ^a   Heywood, Charles A ^a   Kentridge, Robert W ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Change blindness; Colour; Vision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; DECISION MAKING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEARNING; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 60749131917     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169.56.2.134     Document Type: Article

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