Where does attention go when it moves?: Spatial properties and locus of the attentional repulsion effect

Journal of Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1-13

  Kosovicheva, Anna A ^a   Fortenbaugh, Francesca C ^a,b   Robertson, Lynn C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Attentional repulsion effect; Location perception; Shape and contour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CUES; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78449240721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.12.33     Document Type: Article

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