Attentional inertia and delayed orienting of spatial attention in task-switching

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1580-1602

  Longman, Cai S ^a   Lavric, Aureliu ^a   Munteanu, Cristian ^a   Monsell, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attentional inertia; Eye tracking; Spatial attention; Task switching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCULOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905573691     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036552     Document Type: Article

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