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Controlled and Automatic Human Information Processing: 1. Detection, Search, and Attention
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Schneider, Walter; Shiffrin, Richard M. – Psychological Review, 1977
A two-process theory of human information processing is proposed and applied to detection, search, and attention phenomena. (Editor)
Descriptors: Charts, Concept Formation, Information Processing, Information Theory
Controlled and Automatic Human Information Processing: 11. Perceptual Learning, Automatic Attending, and a General Theory
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Shiffrin, Richard M.; Schneider, Walter – Psychological Review, 1977
The two-process theory of detection, search, and attention presented by Schneider and Shiffrin (1977) is tested and extended in a series of experiments. The studies demonstrate the qualitative difference between two modes of information processing: automatic detection and controlled search. A general framework for human information processing is…
Descriptors: Experiments, Flow Charts, Information Processing, Information Theory