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Perception

sharp rise in missed targets when the target is rare in a search task, as observers quit searching sooner.

In perception, low prevalence effect refers to sharp rise in missed targets when the target is rare in a search task, as observers quit searching sooner. This meaning comes from Wolfe (2005) in Nature.[1]

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References

Wolfe, J. M., Horowitz, T. S., & Kenner, N. M. (2005). Rare items often missed in visual searches. Nature, 435(7041), 439-440. https://doi.org/10.1038/435439a

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