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Hogan, Lindsey C.; Bell, Matthew; Olson, Ryan – Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 2009
The vigilance reinforcement hypothesis (VRH) asserts that errors in signal detection tasks are partially explained by operant reinforcement and extinction processes. VRH predictions were tested with a computerized baggage screening task. Our experiment evaluated the effects of signal schedule (extinction vs. variable interval 6 min) and visual…
Descriptors: Air Transportation, Security Personnel, Screening Tests, Reinforcement
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Botella, Juan; Rodriguez, Carmen; Rubio, Ma Eugenia; Valle-Inclan, Fernando; de Liano, Beatriz Gil-Gomez – Psicologica: International Journal of Methodology and Experimental Psychology, 2008
Features from stimuli presented at a high rate in a single spatial position (Rapid Serial Visual Presentation, RSVP) can migrate forming a wrong combination or illusory conjunction. Several serial and parallel models have been proposed to explain the generation of this type of errors. The behavioral results fit better the two-stage parallel model…
Descriptors: Visual Discrimination, Error Patterns, Visual Stimuli, Behavior