Extremely Selective Attention: Eye-Tracking Studies of the Dynamic Allocation of Attention to Stimulus Features in Categorization

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1196-1206

  Blair, Mark R ^a   Watson, Marcus R ^a   Walshe, R Calen ^a   Maj, Fillip ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

categorization; eye tracking; learning; overt attention; selective attention

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 68949217710     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016272     Document Type: Article

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