Eye gaze versus arrows as spatial cues: Two qualitatively different modes of attentional selection

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 326-335

  Marotta, Andrea ^a,b   Lupiáñez, Juan ^b   Martella, Diana ^a   Casagrande, Maria ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arrow cueing, object based attention; Attentional orienting; Gaze cueing; Location based attention; Spatial cues

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865342867     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023959     Document Type: Article

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