Science · 1964 · 240 citations · 1 references
MedicinePsychologyVision ScienceCognitive PsychologyVisual AttentionVisual PerceptionInterference EffectsObject RecognitionSelective AttentionVisual CognitionVisual SystemDistractor ProcessingImage BlurNormal ObserversObject Recognition Under Variable Viewing ConditionsObjectsVisual DistractionVisual Recognition Memory
Pictures of common objects, coming slowly into focus, were viewed by adult observers. Recognition was delayed when subjects first viewed the pictures out of focus. The greater or more prolonged the initial blur, the slower the eventual recognition. Interference may be accounted for partly by the difficulty of rejecting incorrect hypotheses based on substandard cues.
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