Distinguishing blocking from attenuation in visual selective attention

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 771-780

  Yiǧit Elliott, Serap ^a   Palmer, John ^a   Moore, Cathleen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

attention sharing; attention switching; attenuation; blocking; selective attention; spatial filtering; spatial monitoring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOMETRY; VISION;

ATTENTION; CUES; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79958166199     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611407927     Document Type: Article

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