Selective attention and subjective confidence calibration

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 353-368

  Schoenherr, Jordan R ^a   Leth Steensen, Craig ^a   Petrusic, William M ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL FIELD;

ATTENTION; AWARENESS; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; JUDGMENT; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 77951901819     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/APP.72.2.353     Document Type: Article

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