Different Attentional Blink Tasks Reflect Distinct Information Processing Limitations: An Individual Differences Approach

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1867-1873

  Kelly, Ashleigh J ^a   Dux, Paul E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attentional blink; Consciousness; Independent bottlenecks; Individual differences; Multitasking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VISION;

ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; JUDGMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 83055188665     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025975     Document Type: Article

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