Multiple object tracking: Anticipatory attention doesn't "bounce"

Journal of Vision

Volumn 12, Issue 13, 2012, Pages

  Atsma, Jeroen ^a   Koning, Arno ^a   Van Lier, Rob ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anticipation; Attentional allocation; Motion; multiple object tracking (MOT); Prediction; Spatiotemporal information; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; HUMANS; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878177924     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/12.13.1     Document Type: Article

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