Salience Is Only Briefly Represented: Evidence From Probe-Detection Performance

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 286-302

  Donk, Mieke ^a   Soesman, Leroy ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

attentional capture; bottom up selection; salience; visual attention; visual selection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ATTENTION; COGNITION; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77950553225     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017605     Document Type: Article

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