Contextual cueing in multiconjunction visual search is dependent on color- and configuration-based intertrial contingencies

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 515-532

  Geyer, Thomas ^a   Shi, Zhuanghua ^a   Müller, Hermann J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contextual cueing; Cross trial priming; Detection task; Visual grouping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955537111     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017448     Document Type: Article

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