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Question 1 -

a) Explain the difference between COVERT and OVERT visual attention.

b) Explain the difference between exogenous (PULL) and endogenous (PUSH) attention cues.

Question 2 -

a) What is the name of the eye movement made to fixate a new target?

b) How many of these eye movements do people make per second, on average?

c) Is this eye movement an example of covert or overt visual attention? Explain your answer!

d) Is this eye movement an example of attention being "pushed" or "pulled" or both? Explain your answer!

e) Why don't you see the world moving when you make this eye movement?

Question 3 -

a) What is meant by the term VISUAL SEARCH?

b) Draw an example of a visual search task. Label the TARGET and the DISTRACTORS.

c) Explain the difference between PARALLEL processing and SERIAL processing in visual search.

d) "Visual popout" makes visual search tasks much easier. Is this an example of serial or parallel processing in visual search?

e) As the number of distractors in a visual search task is increased, how can you predict whether the time to find the target will increase or remain constant? (Hint: what is a "conjunction search"?)

Question 4 -

a) Explain what is meant by the term INATTENTIONAL BLINDNESS?

b) Is inattentional blindness an example of a visual deficit (a problem) or is it part of normal visual perception?

c) People don't usually notice inattentional blindness in their everyday lives. Explain why.

d) You have probably noticed your own inattentional blindness in your everyday life. Describe one situation where you noticed it.

Attachment:- Question 2.rar