Visual perceptual load induces inattentional deafness

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1780-1789

  Macdonald, James S P ^a   Lavie, Nilli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Awareness; Cross modal; Inattentional blindness; Load

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AWARENESS; COLOR VISION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PITCH PERCEPTION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; REACTION TIME; SIZE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961187964     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: 1943393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-011-0144-4     Document Type: Article

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