Tracking target and distractor processing in fixed-feature visual search: Evidence from human electrophysiology

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1713-1730

  Jannati, Ali ^a   Gaspar, John M ^a   McDonald, John J ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention capture,; N2pc,; PD,; Ppc; Visual search,

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885342765     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032251     Document Type: Article

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