Distractor devaluation in a flanker task: Object-specific effects without distractor recognition memory

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 613-625

  Martiny Huenger, Torsten ^a   Gollwitzer, Peter M ^a,b   Oettingen, Gabriele ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distractor devaluation; Evaluation; Interference; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897952970     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034130     Document Type: Article

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