A signal detection model predicts the effects of set size on visual search accuracy for feature, conjunction, triple conjunction, and disjunction displays

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 425-451

  Eckstein, Miguel P ^a   Thomas, James P ^b   Palmer, John ^c   Shimozaki, Steven S ^d  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NASA DISCIPLINE SPACE HUMAN FACTORS; NON-NASA CENTER; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

NASA DISCIPLINE SPACE HUMAN FACTORS; NON-NASA CENTER;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0034167823     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03212096     Document Type: Article

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