Spatial attention and conscious perception: The role of endogenous and exogenous orienting

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1065-1081

  Chica, Ana B ^a   Lasaponara, Stefano ^b,c   Chanes, Lorena ^a,d   Valero Cabré, Antoni ^e,f,g   Doricchi, Fabrizio ^b,c   Lupiáñez, Juan ^h   Bartolomeo, Paolo ^a,i  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^d École des Neurosciences de Paris   (France)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^g INSTITUT DU CERVEAU ET DE LA MOELLE ÉPINIÈRE   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conscious perception; Endogenous; Exogenous; Spatial attention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SYMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SPACE PERCEPTION; SYMBOLISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955864655     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: 1943393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-010-0082-6     Document Type: Article

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