Cognitive programs: Software for attention's executive

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue NOV, 2014, Pages

  Tsotsos, John K ^a   Kruijne, Wouter ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Executive; Selective tuning; Visual attention; Visual routines; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923351565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01260     Document Type: Article

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