Predicting and manipulating the incidence of inattentional blindness

Psychological Research

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 513-523

  Richards, Anne ^a   Hannon, Emily M ^a   Derakshan, Nazanin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77956697139     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-009-0273-8     Document Type: Article

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