Wolfe, Jeremy2016-08-092016Wolfe, 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/10.1177/2041669516643244.2041-6695http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:27822210Kristjansson (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.en-USvisual searchreaction timesresponse timesserial searchparallel searchguided searchvisual attentionselective attentionJournal Article2016-08-0910.1177/2041669516643244