The modulation of perceptual selection by working memory is dependent on the focus of spatial attention

Vision Research

Volumn 50, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1437-1444

  Pan, Yi ^a   Soto, David ^b  

^a HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attentional capture; Attentional focus; Automaticity; Spatial pre cueing; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954029422     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2009.10.016     Document Type: Article

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