How memory mechanisms are a key component in the guidance of our eye movements: Evidence from the global effect

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 357-362

  Silvis, J D ^a   Van der Stigchel, S ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attentional capture; Eye movements and visual attention; Selective attention; Visual working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897383769     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-013-0498-9     Document Type: Article

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