Individual Differences in Susceptibility to Inattentional Blindness

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 785-791

  Seegmiller, Janelle K ^a   Watson, Jason M ^a   Strayer, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional control; Inattentional blindness; Individual differences; Working memory capacity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLINDNESS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BLINDNESS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955717566     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022474     Document Type: Article

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