Uncertainty compensation in human attention: Evidence from response times and fixation durations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Hong, S Lee ^a   Beck, Melissa R ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; RESPONSE TIME; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; UNCERTAINTY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955388934     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011461     Document Type: Article

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