Attentional capture by motion onsets is modulated by perceptual load

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2096-2105

  Cosman, Joshua D ^a   Vecera, Shaun P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 78649706773     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03196686     Document Type: Article

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