Attentional guidance by working memory overrides salience cues in visual search

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1786-1796

  Dowd, Emma Wu ^a   Mitroff, Stephen R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional guidance; Salience; Visual attention; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; SPACE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882677349     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032548     Document Type: Article

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