Unexpected changes in direction of motion attract attention

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2087-2095

  Howard, Christina J ^a   Holcombe, Alex O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 78649703087     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03196685     Document Type: Article

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