Tracking target and distractor processing in fixed-feature visual search: Evidence from human electrophysiology.
Ali Jannati; John M. Gaspar; John J. McDonald · 2013 · Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance
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Abstract (excerpt)
Salient distractors delay visual search for less salient targets in additional-singleton tasks, even when the features of the stimuli are fixed across trials. According to the salience-driven selection hypothesis, this delay is due to an…
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Metadata source: OpenAlex · DOI 10.1037/a0032251