Space-, object-, and feature-based attention interact to organize visual scenes

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2434-2447

  Kravitz, Dwight J ^a   Behrmann, Marlene ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neural attentional mechanisms; Object based attention; Space based attention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; STUDENT;

ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; STUDENTS;

EID: 81755161433     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: 1943393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-011-0201-z     Document Type: Article

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