Is object-based attention mandatory? Strategic control over mode of attention

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 565-579

  Yeari, Menahem ^a   Goldsmith, Morris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Default mode; Object based versus space based; Perceptual organization; Strategic control; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; LEARNING; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL CLOSURE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 77955522613     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016897     Document Type: Article

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