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The Role of Spatial and Nonspatial Information in Visual Selection
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Theeuwes, Jan; Van der Burg, Erik – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2007
Even though it is undisputed that prior information regarding the location of a target affects visual selection, the issue of whether information regarding nonspatial features, such as color and shape, has similar effects has been a matter of debate since the early 1980s. In the study described in this article, measures derived from signal…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Visual Perception, Visual Discrimination, Perceptual Development
Reading Ability and the Encoding of Item and Location Information.
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Mason, Mildred – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 1980
Two experiments using varying duration exposures related reading skill in adults to initial encoding of location information. Results suggest that the role of perception in reading has been underestimated because emphasis has been on item perception, not perception of spatial location. (Author/CP)
Descriptors: Cues, Higher Education, Letters (Alphabet), Perceptual Development