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Where the item still rules supreme: Time-based selection, enumeration, pre-attentive processing and the target template?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 May 2017

Derrick G. Watson
Derrick G. Watson*
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Department of Psychology, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom. d.g.watson@warwick.ac.uk
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Abstract

I propose that there remains a central role for the item (or its equivalent) in a wider range of search and search-related tasks/functions than might be conveyed by the article. I consider the functional relationship between the framework and some aspects of previous theories, and suggest some challenges that the new framework might encounter.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e160
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