Context-Dependent control over attentional capture

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 836-848

  Cosman, Joshua ^a   Vecera, Shaun ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Attentional capture; Context; Learning; Memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; HUMANS; LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881092824     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030027     Document Type: Article

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