All set! Evidence of simultaneous attentional control settings for multiple target colors

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 758-775

  Irons, Jessica L ^a   Folk, Charles L ^b   Remington, Roger W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Attentional control settings; Contingent capture; Distractor color; Spatial cueing; Target color

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COLOR; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REPETITION PRIMING;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REPETITION PRIMING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867375735     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026578     Document Type: Article

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