New objects dominate luminance transients in setting attentional priority

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1287-1302

  Enns, James T ^a   Austen, Erin L ^b   Di Lollo, Vincent ^b   Rauschenberger, Robert ^b   Yantis, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; LIGHT; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; LIGHT; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 85047685397     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.27.6.1287     Document Type: Article

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