Judging the contact-times of multiple objects: Evidence for asymmetric interference

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 363-371

  Baurès, Robin ^a,b   Oberfeld, Daniel ^a   Hecht, Heiko ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Universite Paris Sud   (France)

Author keywords

Multiple objects; Proactive interference; Psychological refractory period; Time to contact estimation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL REFRACTORY PERIOD; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REFRACTORY PERIOD, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 77953657151     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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