Lecture 4 - Visual Search and Reaction Time

Question 1

reaction time

Answer 1

time between presentation of the stimulus and the response

can help define the mechanisms involved in perception (i.e. may indicate different algorithms being used)

Question 2

visual search paradigm

Answer 2

interested in the time it takes to detect a stimulus

Question 3

pop out effect

Answer 3

looking for only one feature that’s different you immediately see it and your eyes are drawn to it (orientation)

Question 4

Holistic search

Answer 4

visual system looks for a single feature

Question 5

feature search, serial search

Answer 5

have to go through unit by unit or quadrant by quadrant

important and far reaching