Perceptual objects capture attention

Vision Research

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1329-1335

  Yeshurun, Yaffa ^a   Kimchi, Ruth ^a   Sha'shoua, Guy ^a   Carmel, Tomer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attentional capture; Automatic attentional deployment; Perceptual object; Perceptual organization; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 67349244689     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2008.01.014     Document Type: Article

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