Using response time distributions to examine top-down influences on attentional capture

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 257-277

  Burnham, Bryan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional capture; Attentional control; Response time distribution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CUES; DATA DISPLAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876924644     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: 1943393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-012-0396-7     Document Type: Article

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