Size and emotion averaging: Costs of dividing attention after all

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-69

  Brand, John ^a   Oriet, Chris ^b   Tottenham, Laurie Sykes ^b  

^a Department of Psychology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

attention; divided attention; gist; perceptual averaging; set representation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIZE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862700226     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026950     Document Type: Article

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