Citation

Townsend JT. Iperception 2016; 7(6): 2041669516674220.

Affiliation

Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/2041669516674220

PMID

27895884

PMCID

PMC5117159

Abstract

The slope of the set size function as a critical statistic first gained favor in the 1960s due in large part to the seminal papers on short-term memory search by Saul Sternberg and soon, many others. In the 1980s, the slope statistic reemerged in much the same role in visual search as Anne Treisman and again, soon many others brought that research topic into great prominence. This note offers the historical and current perspective of the present author, who has devoted a significant portion of his theoretical efforts to this and related topics over the past 50 years.

Language: en