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An experiment that tests two models to account for shifts of attention in the visual field is described. One model posits that a shift of attention corresponds to a shift in processing resources among several simultaneously analyzed locations. The other model assumes that a shift of attention involves adding a prior stage of analysis that concentrates on the attended location to an otherwise simultaneous processing of several locations. Examination of reaction time distribution characteristics provided support for the latter model.
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Nissen, M. J., Posner, M. T., & Snyder, C. R. R. Relationships between attention shifts and saccadic eye movements. Paper presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society, November 1978.
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This research was supported by Grant BNS77-16887 from the National Science Foundation, by Grant 1 ROMH36869-01 from the National Institute of Mental Health, and by a grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. I thank members of the Department of Psychology of the Johns Hopkins University (especially Howard Egeth) for their kind hospitality while I was on leave during the time that this manuscript was being prepared.
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Jonides, J. Further toward a model of the Mind’s eye’s movement. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 21, 247–250 (1983). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334699
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