The attentional blink is not affected by backward masking of T2, T2-mask SOA, or level of T2 impoverishment

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 161-168

  Jannati, Ali ^a   Spalek, Thomas M ^a   Lagroix, Hayley E P ^a   Di Lollo, Vincent ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attentional blink; Ceiling constraints; Masking; SNR; Stimulus onset asynchrony

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ATTENTIONAL BLINK; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84864355525     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025985     Document Type: Article

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