Categorically Defined Targets Trigger Spatiotemporal Visual Attention

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 324-337

  Wyble, Brad ^a   Bowman, Howard ^b   Potter, Mary C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attentional blink; attentional capture; RSVP; spatial cueing; transient attention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REFERENCE VALUE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBABILITY LEARNING; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349187005     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013903     Document Type: Article

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