Conditions for Improving Visual Information Processing.
Abstract
Four experiments concerned with human information processing are reported. In TR 84 the authors test the proposal that the comparison of a pair of stimuli may in certain circumstances be mediated by the detection of overall vertical symmetry of the pair. The data do not support the conjecture. In TR 85 the authors analyze the frequently reported 'dominance' of visual stimuli over auditory stimuli and find the effect to be nonsensory in origin. In TR 86 the authors apply an incidental memory paradigm in the context of a visual search task to try to determine if processing is exhaustive or self-terminating during search. In TR 87 the authors examine the spatial limits of the ability to attend to relevant information and ignore nearby irrelevant information.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1976
- Accession Number
- ADA029898
Entities
People
- A. Caramazza
- H. E. Egeth
- H. H. Brownell
- L. C. Sager
- P. Sommers
Organizations
- Johns Hopkins University