Opposite effects of perceptual and working memory load on perceptual filling-in of an artificial scotoma

Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-44

  Weil, Rimona S ^a,b   Wykes, Victoria ^b   Carmel, David ^b,c   Rees, Geraint ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial scotoma; Attention; Filling in; Load theory; Perceptual completion; Perceptual load; Working memory; Working memory load

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SCOTOMA; ATTENTION; EYE FIXATION; EYE POSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTUAL FILLING-IN; PERIPHERAL VISION; REACTION TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84858216851     PISSN: 17588928     EISSN: 17588936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17588928.2011.603829     Document Type: Article

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