Exploring attention-based explanations for some violations of Hick's law for aimed movements

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 854-871

  Wright, Charles E ^a   Marino, Valerie F ^a   Chubb, Charles ^a   Rose, Kelsey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice reaction time; Exogenous attention; Hick's law; Stimulus response compatibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; UNCERTAINTY;

ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 79959763026     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: 1943393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-010-0062-x     Document Type: Article

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