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Citation

di Lollo V, Dixon P. J. Exp. Psychol. Hum. Percept. Perform. 1992; 18(4): 1089-1100.

Affiliation

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, American Psychological Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1431746

Abstract

In partial-report experiments, an array of stimuli is displayed briefly, followed by a probe indicating the items to be reported. When exposure duration of the array is increased, 2 contrasting outcomes have been found: Some experiments find that performance improves (direct-duration effect); others find that it deteriorates (inverse-duration effect). The objective here was to identify the reasons for the discrepant results. This was done by investigating the roles played by 5 factors that differed between the 2 sets of contrasting studies. An inverse-duration effect was obtained in each of 6 experiments; its magnitude was affected by retinal eccentricity and by the number of items denoted by the probe. The effect was independent of array configuration and of number of items in the array. The direct-duration effect was shown to arise from a confounding of exposure duration and brightness.


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