Attentional sets influence perceptual load effects, but not dilution effects

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 785-792

  Benoni, Hanna ^a   Zivony, Alon ^a   Tsal, Yehoshua ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b The College of Management Academic Studies ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Attentional sets; Dilution; Perceptual load; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; VISION;

ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84897585018     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2013.830629     Document Type: Article

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