Investigating the status of biological stimuli as objects of attention in multiple object tracking

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  de Wit, Lee H ^a,b,c   Lefevre, Carmen E ^b   Kentridge, Robert W ^b   Rees, Geraint ^c   Saygin, Ayse P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953317669     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016232     Document Type: Article

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