Competing for Consciousness: Prolonged Mask Exposure Reduces Object Substitution Masking

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 588-596

  Goodhew, Stephanie C ^a   Visser, Troy A W ^a   Lipp, Ottmar V ^a   Dux, Paul E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention; Consciousness; Object substitution masking; Re entrant processing; Visual masking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME; VISION;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79954466442     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018740     Document Type: Article

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