Varied-mapping conjunction search: Evidence for rule-based learning

Spatial Vision

Volumn 17, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 543-557

  Scialfa, Charles T ^a   Mcphee, Lisa ^a   Geoffrey, H O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Automaticity; Visual search

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; PERFORMANCE; PERSONNEL TRAINING; TARGETS;

CONJUNCTION SEARCH; CONSISTENT-MAPPING (CM); VISUAL SEARCH;

DATA PROCESSING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; RANDOMIZATION; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 6444231702     PISSN: 01691015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568568041920186     Document Type: Article

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