Independent Dimension-Weighting Mechanisms for Visual Selection and Stimulus Identification

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1369-1382

  Rangelov, Dragan ^a   Müller, Hermann J ^a,b   Zehetleitner, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dimensional weighting; Intertrial effects; Multiple weighting systems; Singleton search; Stimulus identification; Task switching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; REACTION TIME; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RECOGNITION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 80053972947     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024265     Document Type: Article

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