The effects of perceptual load in central and peripheral regions of the visual field

Visual Cognition

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 367-391

  Marciano, Hadas ^a   Yeshurun, Yaffa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attention; Perceptual load; Peripheral load

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 79952511815     PISSN: 13506285     EISSN: 14640716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13506285.2010.537711     Document Type: Article

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