Visual Search Revived: The Slopes Are Not That Slippery: A Reply to Kristjansson (2015)
Kristjansson (2015) suggests that standard research methods in the study of visual search should be “reconsidered.” He reiterates a useful warning against treating reaction time x set size functions as simple metrics that can be used to label search tasks as “serial” or “parallel.” However, I argue...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2016-05-01
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| Series: | i-Perception |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2041669516643244 |
| Summary: | Kristjansson (2015) suggests that standard research methods in the study of visual search should be “reconsidered.” He reiterates a useful warning against treating reaction time x set size functions as simple metrics that can be used to label search tasks as “serial” or “parallel.” However, I argue that he goes too far with a broad attack on the use of slopes in the study of visual search. Used wisely, slopes do provide us with insight into the mechanisms of visual search. |
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| ISSN: | 2041-6695 |