How do selected arrows guide visuospatial attention? Dissociating symbolic value and spatial proximity

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1314-1320

  Leblanc, Émilie ^a   Jolicoeur, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arrows; Contingent involuntary orienting; Proximity cueing; Symbolic cueing; Visuospatial attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SYMBOLISM;

ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; OVERLEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SYMBOLISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957334625     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019954     Document Type: Article

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