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Rauschenberger, Robert; Yantis, Steven – Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2006
The authors present 10 experiments that challenge some central assumptions of the dominant theories of visual search. Their results reveal that the complexity (or redundancy) of nontarget items is a crucial but overlooked determinant of search efficiency. The authors offer a new theoretical outline that emphasizes the importance of nontarget…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Visual Acuity, Visual Stimuli, Visual Perception
Souther, Arthur F.; Banks, Martin S. – 1979
This study explores the reason why very young infants are unable to respond differentially to faces and the cause for developmental changes in infant face perception by age 3 months. Linear systems analysis (LSA) and the contrast sensitivity function (CSF) were used to estimate the facial pattern information available to 1- and 3-month-old…
Descriptors: Infants, Pattern Recognition, Perceptual Development, Recognition (Psychology)