Distractor Devaluation Effect in the Attentional Blink: Direct Evidence for Distractor Inhibition

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 168-179

  Kihara, Ken ^a   Yagi, Yoshihiko ^a   Takeda, Yuji ^a   Kawahara, Jun I ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Affective evaluation; Attentional blink; Distractor devaluation effect; Inhibition; Rapid serial visual presentation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951523911     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019948     Document Type: Article

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