Visual Search Task

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Visual Search Task (Divided Attention)

A visual search task by Motter et al (2008) in which participants must attend to multiple stimlus features.

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Last Updated: Feb 14, 2018, 4:29PM

Visual Search Task (Divided Attention) with eye tracking

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)

The Visual Search Task as described in Becker (2009) showing increased search efficiency for non-threatening stimuli.

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Last Updated: Sep 12, 2017, 5:33PM

References

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.