The role of clarity and blur in guiding visual attention in photographs

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 568-578

  Enns, James T ^a   MacDonald, Sarah C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Blur.; Clarity; Eye movements

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879179606     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029877     Document Type: Article

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