Feature-based attention involuntarily and simultaneously improves visual performance across locations

Journal of Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1-10

  White, Alex L ^a   Carrasco, Marisa ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Feature based attention; Motion 2D; Spatial vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RECEPTIVE FIELD; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 80052643832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/11.6.15     Document Type: Article

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