On the fate of distractor representations

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 570-575

  Frings, Christian ^a   Wentura, Dirk ^b   Wühr, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

De activation; Distractor processing; Inhibition; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867345293     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027781     Document Type: Article

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