Experience-dependent attentional tuning of distractor rejection

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 871-878

  Vatterott, Daniel B ^a   Vecera, Shaun P ^a  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional capture; Attentional control; Cognitive control; Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866746666     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-012-0280-4     Document Type: Article

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