PSYC2013 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Tinder, Visual Search, Search Theory
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Locus of selection = point at which material is accepted or selected for further processing and some material is rejected and no longer processes: early locus of selection face values processing like tinder. Leaky filter = explains why some unattended items receive further analysis: slippage = where attention suddenly shifts. Lavies load account theory of locus of selection that it"s not early or late but that it moves: more likely to be distracted when we are doing something with low perceptual load. Psyc 2013 - attention (part 1: pressure increased distraction caused by task related features and reduce distraction by irrelevant features. Logan 1988: automaticity is memory retrieval, novice performance is limited by a lack of knowledge rather than a lack of resources. Insulated means can"t be broken or stopped but opposite for skilled person as they can stop task easily.
