Orienting of attention with eye and arrow cues and the effect of overtraining

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 353-362

  Guzzon, D ^a,d   Brignani, D ^b   Miniussi, C ^b,c   Marzi, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arrows; Central cues; Eyes; Orienting of attention; Over learned association mechanism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; OVERLEARNING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77953686139     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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