Sensitivity and criterion effects in the spatial cuing of visual attention

1987/07/01 by Hermann J. Müller, John M. Findlay · 265 citations
Neuroscience · Psychology · #Artificial intelligence #Cognitive psychology #Communication #Computer science #Cued speech #Detection theory #Detection threshold #Luminance #Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies #Pattern recognition (psychology) #Perception #Psychology #Psychophysics #Safety Warnings and Signage #Salience (neuroscience) #Sensitivity (control systems) #Visual perception and processing mechanisms

paper · pdf · doi:10.3758/bf03203097

published in Perception & Psychophysics 42(4), 383-399 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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