Abstract This paper describes Guided Search 6.0 (GS6), a revised model of visual search.
When we encounter a scene, we can see something everywhere. However, we cannot …

How do we find what we are looking for? Even when the desired target is in the current field
of view, we need to search because fundamental limits on visual processing make it …

In visual search tasks, observers look for targets among distractors. In the lab, this often
takes the form of multiple searches for a simple shape that may or may not be present …

How does one find objects in scenes? For decades, visual search models have been built
on experiments in which observers search for targets, presented among distractor items …

How efficient is visual search in real scenes? In searches for targets among arrays of
randomly placed distractors, efficiency is often indexed by the slope of the reaction time …

The way the cognitive system scans the visual environment for relevant information–visual
search in short–has been a long-standing central topic in vision science. From its inception …

Many daily activities involve looking for something. The ease with which these searches are
performed often allows one to forget that searching represents complex interactions …

One might assume that familiarity with a scene or previous encounters with objects
embedded in a scene would benefit subsequent search for those items. However, in a series …

Most current models of visual processing propose that there are 2 main stages of visual
processing, the first consisting of a parallel visual analysis of the scene and the second …

Humans can effectively search visual scenes by spatial location, visual feature, or whole
object. Here, we showed that visual search can also benefit from fast appraisal of relations …