Templates for rejection: Configuring attention to ignore task-irrelevant features

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 580-584

  Arita, Jason T ^a   Carlisle, Nancy B ^b   Woodman, Geoffrey F ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional control; Cues; Ignoring objects; Visual attention; Visual search; Visual working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; HUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION;

ATTENTION; CUES; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84867376628     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027885     Document Type: Article

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