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Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology
2020. Vol. 9, no. 2, 107–116
doi:10.17759/jmfp.2020090209
ISSN: 2304-4977 (online)

Prospects for using visual search tasks in modern cognitive psychology

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E.S. Gorbunova

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Abstract

The article describes the main results of modern foreign studies with modifications of classical visual search tasks, as well as proposed classification of such modifications. The essence of visual search is to find target stimuli among the distracters, and the standard task involves finding one target stimulus, which is usually a simple object. Modifications to the standard task may include the presence of more than one target on the screen, the search for more than one type of target, and options that combine both of these modifications. Proposed modifications of the standard task allow not only to study new aspects of visual attention, but also to approach real-life tasks within laboratory studies.

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Keywords: visual search, visual attention, hybrid search, foraging search, subsequent search misses, accidental findings.

Journal rubric: General Psychology

Article type: review article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/jmfp.2020090209

Funding. The article was prepared within the framework of the Basic Research Program at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE).

For citation: Gorbunova E.S. Prospects for using visual search tasks in modern cognitive psychology [Elektronnyi resurs]. Sovremennaia zarubezhnaia psikhologiia = Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology, 2020. Vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 107–116. DOI: 10.17759/jmfp.2020090209. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Elena S. Gorbunova, PhD in Psychology, LAssociate Professor, Head of Laboratory of Cognitive Psychology of Digital Interfaces User, School of Psychology, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3646-2605, e-mail: gorbunovaes@gmail.com

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