Setting attentional priorities : a comparison of the contributions of new objects and luminance changes

New objects capture attention more reliably than sudden changes in features of existing objects. Item visibility may be responsible. In the present study, visibility of new objects and luminance changes was controlled by luminance contrast manipulations. In Experiment 1, search for new targets wa...

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Main Author: Austen, Erin Leigh
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/9291