The eyes fixate the optimal viewing position of task-irrelevant words

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-61

  Smilek, Daniel ^a   Solman, Grayden J F ^a   Murawski, Peter ^a   Carriere, Jonathan S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; COMPREHENSION; CONFLICT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; ORIENTATION; READING; SEMANTICS;

ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; COMPREHENSION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; ORIENTATION; READING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 62649133924     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.16.1.57     Document Type: Article

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