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Scharff, Alec; Palmer, John; Moore, Cathleen M. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2011
In perception, divided attention refers to conditions in which multiple stimuli are relevant to an observer. To measure the effect of divided attention in terms of perceptual capacity, we introduce an extension of the simultaneous-sequential paradigm. The extension makes predictions for fixed-capacity models as well as for unlimited-capacity…
Descriptors: Models, Attention Control, Classification, Classroom Techniques
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Eidels, Ami; Townsend, James T.; Pomerantz, James R. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2008
People are especially efficient in processing certain visual stimuli such as human faces or good configurations. It has been suggested that topology and geometry play important roles in configural perception. Visual search is one area in which configurality seems to matter. When either of 2 target features leads to a correct response and the…
Descriptors: Visual Stimuli, Topology, Reaction Time, Attention