Abrupt onsets capture attention independent of top-down control settings II: Additivity is no evidence for filtering

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 672-682

  Schreij, Daniel ^a   Theeuwes, Jan ^a   Olivers, Christian N L ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955299798     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/APP.72.3.672     Document Type: Article

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