Sparing from the attentional blink is not spared from structural limitations

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 232-238

  Dell'Acqua, R ^a   Dux, P E ^b   Wyble, B ^c   Jolicoeur P ^d  

^a Centre for Cognitive and Brain Science   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention systems; Attentional blink; Cognitive and attentional control; Computational modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858392902     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-011-0209-3     Document Type: Article

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