Attention and competition in figure-ground perception

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 176, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-13

  Peterson, Mary A ^a   Salvagio, Elizabeth ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

attention; competition; familiarity; figure ground perception; high level effects; suppression

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; VISUAL FIELD;

ATTENTION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL CLOSURE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 69449087043     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(09)17601-X     Document Type: Review

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