Transient Covert Attention Increases Contrast Sensitivity and Spatial Resolution

Neurobiology of Attention

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 442-447

  Carrasco, Marisa ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84882544433     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012375731-9/50077-X     Document Type: Chapter

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