PS262 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Visual Search, Change Blindness, Binding Problem
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V i s u a l s c an n i n g : moving the eyes to focus attention on diferent locations on objects or in scenes. F i x at i o:n the brief pause of the eye that occurs between eye movements as a person scans a scene. S a c c a d i c eye m o v e m ent: rapid eye movement between fixations that occurs when scanning a scene. O v ert n t i on : attention that involves looking directly at the attended object. C o v ert nt i on : attention without looking. Seeing something out of the corner of your eye is an example of covert attention. What directs our attention? i nvo t a r y p r o ce ss: stimuli that stand out capture our attention, and by voluntary processes, in which attention is guided by our goals and intentions.
