Perceptual Load Alters Visual Excitability

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1350-1360

  Carmel, David ^a,b   Thorne, Jeremy D ^a,c   Rees, Geraint ^a,d   Lavie, Nilli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Detection sensitivity; Excitability; Perceptual load; Visual awareness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REACTION TIME; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053936063     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024320     Document Type: Article

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