Reevaluating Encoding-Capacity Limitations as a Cause of the Attentional Blink

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 338-351

  Dell'Acqua, Roberto ^a,b   Jolicœur, Pierre ^c   Luria, Roy ^b   Pluchino, Patrik ^b  

^a Department of Developmental Psychology ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attentional blink; lag 1 sparing; multitarget RSVP streams

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REFERENCE VALUE; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349140004     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013555     Document Type: Article

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