The effect of specific practice on the capacity demands of detecting a target letter among two types of distractors

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dc.contributor.advisorLane, David M.en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberHowell, William C.en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberWatkins, Michael J.en_US
dc.creatorKleiss, James Alanen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-18T21:30:31Zen_US
dc.date.available2018-12-18T21:30:31Zen_US
dc.date.issued1984en_US
dc.description.abstractAlthough there is considerable evidence that visual stimuli are processed in a parallel and capacity-free manner, recent data suggest that letter perception is a limited capacity process in at least some situations. Research on practice effects in perception has been interpreted as indicating that perceptual tasks that initially demand attentional capacity can be performed in an automatic and capacity-free manner after much consistent practice. The present research investigated the effect of practice on the attentional demands of processing a multi-stimulus letter display. The results showed that practice did not eliminate capacity limitations although there was evidence of a decline in the capacity demands of the feature integration stage of perception early in practice. The fact that capacity limitations generally persisted throughout the experiment suggests that there is at least one other source of limited capacity processing in letter perception and that this source is much less affected by practice.en_US
dc.format.digitalOriginreformatted digitalen_US
dc.format.extent47 ppen_US
dc.identifier.callnoThesis Psych. 1984 Kleissen_US
dc.identifier.citationKleiss, James Alan. "The effect of specific practice on the capacity demands of detecting a target letter among two types of distractors." (1984) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/104760">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/104760</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.digitalRICE2397en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/104760en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
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dc.titleThe effect of specific practice on the capacity demands of detecting a target letter among two types of distractorsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentPsychologyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineSocial Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen_US
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