Exogenous attentional capture by subliminal abrupt-onset cues: Evidence from contrast-polarity independent cueing effects

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 974-988

  Fuchs, Isabella ^a   Theeuwes, Jan ^b   Ansorge, Ulrich ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Contrast; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SUBLIMINAL STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878898322     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030419     Document Type: Article

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