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Hadjipanayi, Veronica; Ludwig, Casimir J. H.; Kent, Christopher – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2023
In many real-life contexts, observers are required to search for targets that are rarely present (e.g. tumours in X-rays; dangerous items in airport security screenings). Despite the rarity of these items, they are of enormous importance for the health and safety of the public, yet they are easily missed during visual search. This is referred to…
Descriptors: Search Strategies, Observation, Visual Discrimination, Visual Perception