Qualitative differences in the guidance of attention during single-color and multiple-color visual search: Behavioral and electrophysiological evidence

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1433-1442

  Grubert, Anna ^a   Eimer, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Event related brain potentials; Selective attention; Task set; Top down control; Vision

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; COLOR VISION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; COLOR PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884959848     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031046     Document Type: Article

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