Object-based benefits without object-based representations

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 621-626

  Fougnie, Daryl ^a   Cormiea, Sarah M ^a   Alvarez, George A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Features; Objects; Short term memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION;

EID: 84888053904     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030300     Document Type: Article

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