Linear Changes in the Spatial Extent of the Focus of Attention Across Time

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1020-1031

  Jefferies, Lisa N ^a   Di Lollo, Vincent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

attention shifts; attentional blink; Lag 1 sparing; spatial attention; temporal dynamics of attention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 69049101097     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014258     Document Type: Article

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