Exhausting attentional tracking resources with a single fast-moving object

Cognition

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 218-228

  Holcombe, Alex O ^a   Chen, Wei Ying ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention; Resource; Speed; Tracking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY; VELOCITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84858616443     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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