Object-based perception mediates the effect of exogenous attention on temporal resolution

Visual Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 555-573

  Nicol, Jeffrey R ^a   Watter, Scott ^a   Gray, Kellie ^a   Shore, David I ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 67849119188     PISSN: 13506285     EISSN: 14640716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13506280802113860     Document Type: Article

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