Object-based attention in real-world scenes

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 257-263

  Malcolm, George L ^a   Shomstein, Sarah ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye movements; Scene processing; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; OCULOGRAPHY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SACCADES; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926335974     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/xge0000060     Document Type: Article

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