Attentional episodes in visual perception

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 488-505

  Wyble Brad, B ^a   Potter, Mary C ^b   Bowman, Howard ^c   Nieuwenstein, Mark ^d  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention; Attentional blink; Episode; Lag 1 sparing; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79961178555     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023612     Document Type: Article

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