Individual differences in dispositional focus of attention predict attentional blink magnitude

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 602-606

  Dale, Gillian ^a   Arnell, Karen M ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955286324     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/APP.72.3.602     Document Type: Article

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