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 …

Recent research has expanded the list of factors that control spatial attention. Beside current
goals and perceptual salience, statistical learning, reward, motivation and emotion also …

Modern imaging methods like computed tomography (CT) generate 3-D volumes of image
data. How do radiologists search through such images? Are certain strategies more …

Recent debate about the reliability of psychological research has raised concerns about the
prevalence of false positives in our discipline. However, false negatives can be just as …

It is well established that children with autism often show outstanding visual search skills. To
date, however, no study has tested whether these skills, usually assessed on a table-top or …

Implicit learning about where a visual search target is likely to appear often speeds up
search. However, whether implicit learning guides spatial attention or affects postsearch …

Visual attention prioritizes information presented at particular spatial locations. These
locations can be defined in reference frames centered on the environment or on the viewer …

On the basis of relative strengths that have been attributed to the autistic cognitive profile, it
has been suggested by a number of theorists that people with autism spectrum disorders …

A central question about spatial attention is whether it is referenced relative to the external
environment or to the viewer. This question has received great interest in recent …

Statistical knowledge of a target's location may benefit visual search, and rapidly
understanding the changes in regularity would increase the adaptability in visual search …