Capture of Attention to Threatening Stimuli without Perceptual Awareness

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1118-1122

  Lin, Jeffrey Y ^a   Murray, Scott O ^a   Boynton, Geoffrey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ATTENTION; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 67649834511     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.05.021     Document Type: Article

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