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Problems of attention and visual search (No.08)

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Table of contents

  • Executive Summary
  • Background and Rationale
  • Overall aims of the project
  • 1.1 Rationale
  • 1.2 Method
  • 1.3 Results And Discussion
  • 1.3.2 The influence of complexity on performance
  • 1.3.3 The effect of distractors
  • 1.3.4 The effect of viewing time
  • 1.3.5 Roadside performance
  • 2.1 RATIONALE
  • 2.2 METHOD
  • 2.2.1 Design
  • 2.2.2 Procedure
  • 2.3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
  • 2.3.1 Effect of 'set' on performance
  • 2.3.2 Complexity
  • 2.3.3 Distractibility
  • 2.3.4 Viewing Time
  • 2.3.5 Roadside Performance
  • 2.4 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
  • 3.1 RATIONALE
  • 3.2.1 Design
  • 3.2.2 Materials
  • 3.2.3 Procedure
  • 3.2.4 Scoring 
  • 3.3 Results And Discussion
  • 3.3.1 Pre-test performance
  • 3.3.2 Pre- to post-test change
  • 3.3.3 Patterns of interaction within the intervention sessions
  • 3.4 Summary And Conclusions
  • Overall Summary & Conclusions
  • References
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