Publication: Visual Search Revived: The Slopes Are Not That Slippery: A Reply to Kristjansson (2015)
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2016
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Wolfe, Jeremy M. 2016. “Visual Search Revived: The Slopes Are Not That Slippery: A Reply to Kristjansson (2015).” i-Perception 7 (3): 2041669516643244. doi:10.1177/2041669516643244. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2041669516643244.
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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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visual search, reaction times, response times, serial search, parallel search, guided search, visual attention, selective attention
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