Display probability modulates attentional capture by onset distractors

Journal of Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Sayim, Bilge ^a   Grubert, Anna ^b   Herzog, Michael H ^a   Krummenacher, Joseph ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attention; Bottom up processing; Eye tracking; Oculomotor capture; Singleton distractor interference; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COLOR VISION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; REACTION TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT;

ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CUES; FORM PERCEPTION; GOALS; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBABILITY; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; VOLITION;

EID: 77954667870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.3.10     Document Type: Article

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