Temporal target integration underlies performance at Lag 1 in the attentional blink

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1448-1464

  Akyürek, Elkan G ^a   Eshuis, Sander A H ^a   Nieuwenstein, Mark R ^a   Saija, Jefta D ^a   Başkent, Deniz ^b   Hommel, Bernhard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attentional blink; Lag 1; Order reversals; Targets; Temporal integration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PERCEPTION DISORDER; TIME; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84874718780     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027610     Document Type: Article

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