Dilution: A Theoretical Burden or Just Load? A Reply to Tsal and Benoni (2010)

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1657-1664

  Lavie, Nilli ^a   Torralbo, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Dilution; Distraction; Perceptual load; Response competition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NOTE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REACTION TIME; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650089677     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020733     Document Type: Article

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