Interference in visual perception by verbal and spatial cognitive activity

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 556-568

  Pérez Moreno, Elisa ^a   Conchillo, Ángela ^a   Recarte, Miguel Ángel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Inattentional blindness; Mental load; Perceptual interference; Visual search

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959873358     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5209/rev_SJOP.2011.v14.n2.4     Document Type: Article

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