Memory load affects visual search processes without influencing search efficiency

Vision Research

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1185-1191

  Solman, Grayden J F ^a   Allan Cheyne, J ^a   Smilek, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eye movements; Memory load; Visual Search

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 79955576107     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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