Splitting attention reduces temporal resolution from 7 Hz for tracking one object to <3 Hz when tracking three

Journal of Vision

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Holcombe, Alex O ^a   Chen, Wei Ying ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention; Motion; Tracking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ATTENTION; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876551379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/13.1.12     Document Type: Article

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