High or Low Target Prevalence Increases the Dual-Target Cost in Visual Search

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-144

  Menneer, Tamaryn ^a   Donnelly, Nick ^a   Godwin, Hayward J ^a   Cave, Kyle R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

dual target search; prevalence effect; security screening; target representation; visual search

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77953901748     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019569     Document Type: Article

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