Measuring the interrelations among multiple paradigms of visual attention: An individual differences approach

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 414-428

  Huang, Liqiang ^a   Mo, Lei ^b   Li, Ying ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

General attention factor; Individual differences; Short term memory; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STROOP TEST;

ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CUES; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SIZE PERCEPTION; SPACE PERCEPTION; STROOP TEST;

EID: 84865345087     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026314     Document Type: Article

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