The fate of task-irrelevant visual motion: Perceptual load versus feature-based attention

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Taya, Shuichiro ^a   Adams, Wendy J ^a   Graf, Erich W ^a   Lavie, Nilli ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feature based attention; Motion aftereffects; Object based attention; Perceptual load; Space based attention

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR; COLOR VISION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; MOTION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ATTENTION; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; FIGURAL AFTEREFFECT; HUMANS; MOTION; MOTION PERCEPTION; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 77950355907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.12.1     Document Type: Article

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