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The Effect Of Global And Local Processing In The Attentional Blink, Ashley Kalavritinos
The Effect Of Global And Local Processing In The Attentional Blink, Ashley Kalavritinos
Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
The attentional blink (AB) is an individual’s inability to perceive the second of two targets presented in a rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP). The constructs of global and local attention have been a principle concern in modern psychology. The perception of an object as an overall form is referred to as the global aspect, while the separate parts compose the local aspect. The purpose of this study was to explore whether the following factors affect the characteristics of an individual’s AB: (1) When target one (T1) and target two (T2) were the same or different letters (2) Whether T1 was …