The whole is indeed more than the sum of its parts: Perceptual averaging in the absence of individual item representation

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 289-301

  Corbett, Jennifer E ^a   Oriet, Chris ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attentional blink; Mean size; Perceptual averaging; Set versus individual item representation; Summary representation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 80053319520     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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