What is top-down about contingent capture?

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 326-341

  Belopolsky, Artem V ^a   Schreij, Daniel ^a   Theeuwes, Jan ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; VISUAL FIELDS; VOLITION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951915106     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/APP.72.2.326     Document Type: Article

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