Effects of target enhancement and distractor suppression on multiple object tracking capacity

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Bettencourt, Katherine C ^a,b   Somers, David C ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Memory and Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Capacity; Distractor filtering; Multiple object tracking; Target enhancement; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; TIME;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PURSUIT, SMOOTH; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650567328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.7.9     Document Type: Article

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