Temporal position priming: Memory traces of recent experience bias the allocation of attention in time

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1443-1456

  Yashar, Amit ^a   Lamy, Dominique ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attention; Intertrial priming; Rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP); Sequential effect; Time assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPETITION PRIMING; TIME; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPETITION PRIMING; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884938137     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031231     Document Type: Article

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