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Lawrence, Rebecca K.; Cochrane, B. A.; Eidels, A.; Howard, Z.; Lui, L.; Pratt, J. – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2023
When a highly salient distractor is present in a search array, it speeds target absent visual search and increases errors during target present visual search, suggesting lowered quitting thresholds (Moher in Psychol Sci 31(1):31-42, 2020). Missing a critical target in the presence of a highly salient distractor can have dire consequences in…
Descriptors: Visual Perception, Error Patterns, Accuracy, Feedback (Response)
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Landy, David; Brookes, David; Smout, Ryan – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2014
Formal algebras are among the most powerful and general mechanisms for expressing quantitative relational statements; yet, even university engineering students, who are relatively proficient with algebraic manipulation, struggle with and often fail to correctly deploy basic aspects of algebraic notation (Clement, 1982). In the cognitive tradition,…
Descriptors: Experimental Psychology, Algebra, Number Concepts, Equations (Mathematics)