Attention and the evolution of hollywood film

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 432-439

  Cutting, James E ^a   Delong, Jordan E ^a   Nothelfer, Christine E ^b  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

1 f; Attention; Cinema; Film; Visual momentum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; AWARENESS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; REACTION TIME; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VISUAL ILLUSION; TRENDS;

ATTENTION; AWARENESS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; NARRATION; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTOGRAPHY; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77951273709     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610361679     Document Type: Article

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