Scene perception and memory revealed by eye movements and receiver-operating characteristic analyses: Does a cultural difference truly exist?

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 276-285

  Evans, Kris ^a   Rotello, Caren M ^a   Li, Xingshan ^b   Rayner, Keith ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Eye movements; Memory; Scene

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; ROC CURVE; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; ROC CURVE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63849279569     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210802373720     Document Type: Article

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