@article{ref1,
title="Missed targets are more frequent than false alarms: a model for error rates in visual search",
journal="Journal of experimental psychology: human perception and performance",
year="1997",
author="Zenger, B. and Fahle, M.",
volume="23",
number="6",
pages="1783-1791",
abstract="In many visual search tasks, reaction times (RTs) for target detection are measured as a function of display size. The corresponding error rates are usually low but increase with increasing display size. Missed-target errors are more common than false alarms. In recent models of visual search, the error rates were attributed to a premature search termination and error rates increasing with display size were interpreted as indicating a speed-accuracy trade-off and an underestimation of search times per item (obtained from RT slopes). A model is described in which errors occur as a result of imperfect rather than incomplete search (i.e., it is assumed that there are task-specific probabilities of categorizing a target or a distractor incorrectly). Signal-detection theory is used to show that the observed error rate properties can be attributed to an optimized decision strategy. &quot;Corrections&quot; of RT data are thus questionable.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0096-1523",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}