A Unique Role of Endogenous Visual-Spatial Attention in Rapid Processing of Multiple Targets

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1065-1073

  Guzman Martinez, Emmanuel ^a   Grabowecky, Marcia ^a   Palafox, German ^b   Suzuki, Satoru ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Endogenous attention; Exogenous attention; Multiple targets

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; REACTION TIME; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REFERENCE VALUE; VISION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; PROBABILITY LEARNING; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79961130226     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023514     Document Type: Article

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