Attentional capture by object appearance and disappearance

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 147-159

  Cole, Geoff G ^a   Kuhn, Gustav ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Offset; Onset; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FIXATION, OCULAR; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77649098297     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210902853522     Document Type: Article

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