6 Attention and unit formation: A biased competition account of object-based attention

Advances in Psychology

Volumn 130, Issue C, 2001, Pages 145-180

  Vecera, Shaun P ^a   Behrmann, Marlene ^b  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77956749004     PISSN: 01664115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4115(01)80026-1     Document Type: Chapter

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