Millisecond Test Library

Visual Search Task

FREE for use with an Inquisit Lab or Inquisit Web license.
  1. Categories:
  2. Divided Attention
  3. Eye Tracking
  4. Visual Processing & Memory

Available Test Forms

Visual Search Task (Divided Attention) - English

A visual search task by Motter et al (2008) in which participants must attend to multiple stimlus features.
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Last Updated: Mar 5, 2022, 12:14AM

Visual Search Task (Divided Attention) with eye tracking - English

A visual search task with eyetracking by Motter et al (2008) in which participants must attend to multiple stimlus features.
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Visual Search Task (Threatening Stimuli) - English

The Visual Search Task as described in Becker (2009) showing increased search efficiency for non-threatening stimuli.
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Last Updated: Mar 5, 2022, 12:14AM

References

Search Google Scholar for peer-reviewed, published research using the Inquisit Visual Search Task.

Motter,B.C., & Simoni, D.A. (2008). Changes in the functional visual field during search with and without eye movements. Vision Research 48 (2008) 2382–2393.

Becker. M.W. (2009). Panic Search: Fear Produces Efficient Visual Search for Nonthreatening Objects. Psychological Science, 20, 435-437.