Misdirection, attention and awareness: Inattentional blindness reveals temporal relationship between eye movements and visual awareness

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 136-146

  Kuhn, Gustav ^a   Findlay, John M ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Covert attention; Eye movements; Inattentional blindness; Misdirection; Overt attention; Visual awareness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORIENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649135731     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210902846757     Document Type: Article

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