The effect of cognitive load on the processing of hierarchical visual information

The visual world is organised hierarchically from global structure to local detail or from the ‘forest’ to the ‘trees’ (Navon, 1977; Palmer, 1975). The present thesis explores the effect of cognitive load on the processing of hierarchical visual information; specifically, we distinguish between the...

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Main Author: Hoar, Sarah
Published: Goldsmiths College (University of London) 2014
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.622077