A Bayesian Optimal Foraging Model of Human Visual Search

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1047-1054

  Cain, Matthew S ^a   Vul, Edward ^b   Clark, Kait ^a   Mitroff, Stephen R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

environmental effects; visual search

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866346557     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612440460     Document Type: Article

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