Attentional blink for acronyms: Effects of familiarity and pre-exposure

Australian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 130-138

  Karnadewi, Fika ^a   Burt, Jennifer Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acronyms; Attentional blink; Pre exposure; Rsvp; Word frequency

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955893546     PISSN: 00049530     EISSN: 17429536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049530903089521     Document Type: Article

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