Stimulus-Driven Attentional Capture

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 156-161

  Yantis, Steven ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84972662567     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.ep10768973     Document Type: Article

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