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1980

A Feature-Integration Theory of Attention

Anne Treisman & Garry Gelade

Basic visual features such as colour and orientation are registered in parallel and pre-attentively, but combining them into one perceived object requires focused attention, which is why divided attention produces illusory conjunctions.

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Studies of Interference in Serial Verbal ReactionsJ. Ridley Stroop, 1935Naming the ink colour of a colour word is slower than naming a plain colour patch because reading is so automatic that it interferes with the deliberate task, establishing interference as a basic limit on attention.

Filed under Cognitive Psychology in Psychology.