Attentional selection of noncontiguous locations: The spotlight is only transiently "Split"

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Dubois, Julien ^a,b,e   Hamker, Fred H ^c,d   VanRullen, Rufin ^a,b  

^a Brain and Cognition Research Center in Toulouse   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Divided spotlight; Premotor theory; Time course

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549132349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.5.3     Document Type: Article

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