Differential effects of exogenous and endogenous attention on second-order texture contrast sensitivity

Journal of Vision

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1-15

  Barbot, Antoine ^a   Landy, Michael S ^a   Carrasco, Marisa ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2nd order texture; Contrast sensitivity; Endogenous attention; Exogenous attention; Spatial covert attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CUES; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865969018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/12.8.6     Document Type: Article

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