SEarch via Recursive Rejection (SERR): a connectionist model of visual search

The SEarch via Recursive Rejection (SERR) model of visual search is a connectionistmodel that assumes that visual processing of simple form conjunctions proceeds in a spatially parallel manner. It also proposes that search operates through arecursive rejection of these conjunctions. Experiments revealed that the numberof distractors comprising a single group failed to alter the model's performance. When the number of distracting groups was increased, however, the probability of missing targets became greater. The results were found to be identical with functions generated when human subjects searched displays with variable ditractor group numbers.