When does repeated search in scenes involve memory? Looking at versus looking for objects in scenes

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-41

  Võ, Melissa L H ^a   Wolfe, Jeremy M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Contextual guidance; Episodic memory; Scene perception; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EPISODIC MEMORY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ADULT; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84864350384     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024147     Document Type: Article

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