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Peer reviewedCegalis, John A.; And Others – Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1977
A visual-spatial approach to the study of attention dysfunction was presented. The hypotheses of broadened and narrowed attention were tested by comparing peripheral visual discrimination of acute schizophrenic, chronic schizophrenic, and normal subjects within two regions of the functional visual field. (Editor)
Descriptors: Attention, Diagrams, Flow Charts, Hypothesis Testing
Direct linkNieuwenstein, Mark R.; Chun, Marvin M.; van der Lubbe, Rob H. J.; Hooge, Ignace T. C. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2005
Observers often miss the 2nd of 2 visual targets (first target [T1] and second target [T2]) when these targets are presented closely in time; the attentional blink (AB). The authors hypothesized that the AB occurs because the attentional response to T2 is delayed by T1 processing, causing T2 to lose a competition for attention to the item that…
Descriptors: Attention, Reaction Time, Cues, Cognitive Processes
