Perceptual grouping operates independently of attentional selection: Evidence from hemispatial neglect

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 607-618

  Shomstein, Sarah ^a   Kimchi, Ruth ^b   Hammer, Maxim ^c   Behrmann, Marlene ^d  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DISORDER; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77955285310     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/APP.72.3.607     Document Type: Article

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