A window of perception when diverting attention? Enhancing recognition for explicitly presented, unattended, and irrelevant stimuli by target alignment

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1304-1312

  Dewald, Andrew D ^a   Sinnett, Scott ^a   Doumas, Leonidas A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Divided attention; Facilitation; Perception; Task irrelevant learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS; TIME; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884970261     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031210     Document Type: Article

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