From reorienting of attention to biased competition: Evidence from hemifield effects

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 651-657

  Mathôt, Sebastiaan ^a   Hickey, Clayton ^a   Theeuwes, Jan ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955292151     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/APP.72.3.651     Document Type: Article

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