Guidance of attention by information held in working memory

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 687-699

  Calleja, Marissa Ortiz ^a   Rich, Anina N ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attentional capture; Visual search; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSTIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84876529022     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: 1943393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-013-0428-y     Document Type: Article

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