On the Labile Memory Buffer in the Attentional Blink: Masking the T2 Representation by Onset Transients Mediates the AB

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1182-1192

  Jannati, Ali ^a   Spalek, Thomas M ^a   Di Lollo, Vincent ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attentional blink; Common onset masking; Masking; Memory buffer; Metacontrast

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REFERENCE VALUE; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ATTENTIONAL BLINK; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 79961138589     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021924     Document Type: Article

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