Visual Selection: Usually Fast and Automatic; Seldom Slow and Volitional; A Reply to Commentaries

Jan Theeuwes

doi:10.5334/joc.32

Abstract

In this reply I react to the commentaries of my colleagues to my review article “Visual Selection: Usually Fast and Automatic; Seldom Slow and Volitional” (Theeuwes, 2018). I have organized the reply into separate sections and discuss issues that were commonly raised.

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Visual Selection: Usually Fast and Automatic; Seldom Slow and Volitional; A Reply to Commentaries

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