Species of Redundancy in Visual Target Detection

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 958-976

  Ben David, Boaz M ^a   Algom, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

capacity; common names; letters; redundant signals; similarity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NAMES; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 69049096031     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014511     Document Type: Article

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