The contextual action relationship between a tool and its action recipient modulates their joint perception

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 214-229

  McNair, Nicolas A ^a,b   Harris, Irina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action recipients; Attentional blink; RSVP; Tools

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TOOL USE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893623173     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: 1943393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-013-0565-3     Document Type: Article

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