Spatio-temporal templates of transient attention revealed by classification images

Vision Research

Volumn 54, Issue , 2012, Pages 39-48

  Megna, Nicola ^a,b   Rocchi, Francesca ^c   Baldassi, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Classification images; Magnocellular system; Parvocellular system

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLASSIFICATION IMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ATTENTION; TRANSIENT ATTENTION; VISUAL ATTENTION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ATTENTION; CUES; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84855893527     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: 18785646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2011.11.012     Document Type: Article

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