When Do Additional Distractors Reduce the Attentional Blink?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1043-1061

  Kawahara, Jun ichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

attentional blink; distractors; stochastic resonance; visual noise

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; UNCERTAINTY;

ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; HUMANS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPACE PERCEPTION; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 69049092661     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012727     Document Type: Article

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