@article{ref1,
title="Optimal allocation of cognitive resources to spatial locations",
journal="Journal of experimental psychology: human perception and performance",
year="1977",
author="Shaw, M. L. and Shaw, P.",
volume="3",
number="2",
pages="201-211",
abstract="From experiments showing that subjects differentially attend to parts of the visual field, psychologists have inferred a limitation on human visual information processing capacity. The model presented describes an optimal way to allocate a limited quantity of &quot;cognitive resources,&quot; &quot;attention&quot; or &quot;mental effort&quot;. For this model, the sense of optimality is maximizing the probability of finding a target. In an experiment to test the model, subjects searched for a single target letter in an otherwise blank field. Two probability distributions were used to select a target location for a trial, but only one distribution was used for a session. For both distributions, the fit of the model was quite good. It is suggested that the model provides a promising way to test the assumption limited visual processing capacity.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0096-1523",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}