Surprise-Induced Blindness: A Stimulus-Driven Attentional Limit to Conscious Perception

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1372-1381

  Asplund, Christopher L ^a   Todd, J Jay ^a   Snyder, A P ^a   Gilbert, Christopher M ^a   Marois, René ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Attentional blink; Orienting response; Stimulus driven

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; BLINKING; FACE; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STARTLE REFLEX;

ATTENTIONAL BLINK; BLINKING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 78650094378     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020551     Document Type: Article

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