Turning the attentional blink on and off: Opposing effects of spatial and temporal noise

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 295-301

  Martin, Elwyn W ^a   Enns, James T ^b   Shapiro, Kimron L ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpha oscillations; Attentional Blink (AB); Noise; Spatial discontinuity; Stochastic resonance; Temporal discontinuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; TIME; VISION;

ATTENTIONAL BLINK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955769692     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-011-0056-2     Document Type: Article

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