An integrative, experience-based theory of attentional control

Journal of Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1-30

  Wilder, Matthew H ^a,b   Mozer, Michael C ^a,b   Wickens, Christopher D ^b,c,d  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d Alionscience   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Computational modeling; Eye movements

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; VISION;

ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79956319108     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/11.2.1     Document Type: Article

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