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Automatic detection vs controlled search: a paper-and-pencil approach.
- Source :
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Perceptual and motor skills [Percept Mot Skills] 1986 Apr; Vol. 62 (2), pp. 407-16. - Publication Year :
- 1986
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Abstract
- A new measure of selective attention was presented to 259 normal volunteers. The test was derived from earlier work which emphasized the importance of controlling the distracting conditions using a selective-attention paradigm. In the present study a paper-and-pencil, digit-cancellation format was introduced and the data documented a significant dissociation between tasks analogous to controlled search and automatic detection, two theoretically important aspects of selective attention. Presented is a discussion of similarities and differences of the new measure and classical methods of discriminating between controlled search and automatic detection and the potential significance of this discrimination in clinical neuropsychological investigations.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0031-5125
- Volume :
- 62
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Perceptual and motor skills
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 3503245
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1986.62.2.407