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Type of perceptual task requiring attention

Visual search is a type of perceptual task requiring attention that typically involves an active scan of the visual environment for a particular object or feature among other objects or features. Visual search can take place with or without eye movements; if searching without eye movements, then the eccentricity of the target affects the success of the search. The ability to consciously locate an object or target amongst a complex array of stimuli has been extensively studied over the past 40 years. Practical examples of using visual search can be seen in everyday life, such as when one is picking out a product on a supermarket shelf, when animals are searching for food among piles of leaves, when trying to find a friend in a large crowd of people, or simply when playing visual search games such as Where's Wally? Wikipedia →

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  1. Read the overview: Visual searchA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Visual search as effortful work.Influential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: The Influence Of Attention Learning And Motivation On Visual SearchThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Meaning in Visual SearchCited 438 times
  5. Go sideways: Visual spatial attentionA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Posterior parietal cortexA closely related topic

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  1. Search types
  2. Reaction time slope
  3. Visual orienting and attention
  4. Theory
  5. Biological basis
  6. Evolution
  7. Face recognition
  8. Considerations
  9. Consumer psychology

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