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Speed Versus Accuracy in Visual Search: Optimal Performance and Neural Implementations

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Abstract

What is psychophysics? In its traditional definition, psychophysics studies how mental states (psycho) are affected by physical stimuli (physics). For instance, a cute dog (physical stimulus) may elicit a feeling of warmth and affection (psycho state), and psychophysics studies how specific attributes (breed, size, smell, etc.) of the dog relate to our feelings.

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© 2017 Springer Science+Business Media Singapore. First Online: 04 October 2016. Disclaimer: Most of the materials below are adapted from the following publication: B. Chen and P. Perona, Speed versus accuracy in visual search: Optimal performance and neural architecture. Journal of Vision 15(16), 9–9.

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