Neither backward masking of T2 nor task switching is necessary for the attentional blink

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-75

  Jannati, Ali ^a   Spalek, Thomas M ^a   di Lollo, Vincent ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attentional blink; Masking; Task switching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; HUMAN; LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION;

ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SERIAL LEARNING;

EID: 79951850494     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-010-0015-3     Document Type: Article

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