Eliminating Inhibition of Return by Changing Salient Nonspatial Attributes in a Complex Environment

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-50

  Hu, Frank K ^a   Samuel, Arthur G ^b   Chan, Agnes S ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Habituation; Inhibition of return; Location; Nonspatial attributes; Object file

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951533286     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021091     Document Type: Article

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