Journal article
Letter Localization, Not Discrimination, Is Constrained by Attention
Abstract
Shaw (1984; Shaw, Mulligan & Stone, 1983) measured the probability of detecting a target letter in displays containing different numbers of items. The set size effect was significantly larger than the effect predicted by unlimited-capacity models of visual processing, and Shaw concluded that attention constrains the discrimination of complex, but not simple, patterns. We re-examined the role of attention in letter discrimination by measuring …
Authors
BENNETT PJ; JAYE PD
Journal
Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale, Vol. 49, No. 4, pp. 460–504
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Publication Date
12 1995
DOI
10.1037/1196-1961.49.4.460
ISSN
1196-1961