Subliminal stimuli in the near absence of attention influence top-down cognitive control

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 521-532

  Rahnev, Dobromir A ^a   Huang, Elliott ^a   Lau, Hakwan ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognitive and attentional control; Priming

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SUBLIMINAL STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857778389     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: 1943393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-011-0246-z     Document Type: Article

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