Rapid feature-driven changes in the attentional window

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1100-1110

  Leonard, Carly J ^a   Lopez Calderon, Javier ^a   Kreither, Johanna ^a   Luck, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION WINDOW; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ATTENTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 84878386860     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00376     Document Type: Article

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