Attention and the speed of information processing: posterior entry for unattended stimuli instead of prior entry for attended stimuli.

Why are nearly simultaneous stimuli frequently perceived in reversed order? The origin of errors in temporal judgments is a question older than experimental psychology itself. One of the earliest suspects is attention. According to the concept of prior entry, attention accelerates attended stimuli;...

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Main Authors: Katharina Weiß, Frederic Hilkenmeier, Ingrid Scharlau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3559738?pdf=render