The effects of target template specificity on visual search in real-world scenes: Evidence from eye movements

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Malcolm, George L ^a,b   Henderson, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Psychology Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active vision; Eye movement; Search

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

EYE MOVEMENTS; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 70349967967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.11.8     Document Type: Article

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