Training and the attentional blink: Limits overcome or expectations raised?

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 406-411

  Tang, Matthew F ^a   Badcock, David R ^a   Visser, Troy A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attentional blink; Learning; Orienting; Temporal prediction; Temporal preparation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895761006     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-013-0491-3     Document Type: Article

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