THE EFFECT OF CATEGORICAL SUPERIORITY IN SUBSEQUENT SEARCH MISSES

Olga Rubtsova () and Elena Gorbunova ()
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Olga Rubtsova: National Research University Higher School of Economics
Elena Gorbunova: National Research University Higher School of Economics

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Abstract: Subsequent search misses refer to the decrease in accuracy of second target detection in dual-target visual search. One of the theoretical explanations of SSM errors is similarity bias – the tendency to search for similar targets and to miss the dissimilar ones. The current study focuses on both perceptual and categorical similarity and their individual roles in SSM. Three experiments investigated the role of perceptual and categorical similarity in subsequent search misses, wherein perceptual and categorical similarity were manipulated separately, and task relevance was controlled. The role of both perceptual and categorical similarity was revealed, however, the categorical similarity had greater impact on second target detection.

Keywords: visual attention; visual search; subsequent search misses; perceptual similarity; categorical similarity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2020
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Published in WP BRP Series: Science, Psychology / PSY, October 2020, pages 1-33

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