Visual Search Revived: The Slopes Are Not That Slippery: A Reply to Kristjansson (2015)

Kristjansson (2015) suggests that standard research methods in the study of visual search should be “reconsidered.” He reiterates a useful warning against treating reaction time x set size functions as simple metrics that can be used to label search tasks as “serial” or “parallel.” However, I argue...

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Published ini-Perception (London) Vol. 7; no. 3; p. 2041669516643244
Main Author Wolfe, Jeremy M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.05.2016
Sage Publications Ltd
SAGE Publishing
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visual attention
reaction times
serial search
visual search
parallel search
response times
guided search
selective attention
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Summary:Kristjansson (2015) suggests that standard research methods in the study of visual search should be “reconsidered.” He reiterates a useful warning against treating reaction time x set size functions as simple metrics that can be used to label search tasks as “serial” or “parallel.” However, I argue that he goes too far with a broad attack on the use of slopes in the study of visual search. Used wisely, slopes do provide us with insight into the mechanisms of visual search.
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ISSN:2041-6695
2041-6695
DOI:10.1177/2041669516643244