Selecting a Reference Object

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 840-850

  Miller, Jared E ^a   Carlson, Laura A ^a   Hill, Patrick L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional features; Reference object; Salience; Spatial features; Spatial terms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REFERENCE VALUE; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SPACE PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 79960314867     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022791     Document Type: Article

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