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PRE-ATTENTIVE PROCESSING [1 record]

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Record 1 1995-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology of Communication
CONT

Important concepts [...] which can help us understand how questionnaires are perceived and comprehend by respondents, include pre-attentive processing, pattern recognition, bottom-up vs top-down processing, eye mouvement patterns, figure vs ground distinctions, the law of Pragnantz and other visual laws of similarity, proximity and closure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie de la communication
CONT

Psychophysiologie de l'attention [...] Les expériences de chronométrie mentale utilisant les temps de réaction et les potentiels évoqués, laissent envisager que la sélection des caractéristiques pertinentes d'un stimulus implique des traitements organisés hiérarchiquement; la position spatiale ou la modalité font l'objet d'un traitement précoce, les caractéristiques physiques ou sémantiques étant analysées ultérieurement.

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