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perceptual load: a standalone construct

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perceptualload1 CONSTRUCTPerceptual loadLAVIE · PERCEPTION

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Perception and attention

whether irrelevant distractors get processed depends on how much the relevant task exhausts perceptual capacity, with high load blocking distraction.

In perception and attention, perceptual load refers to whether irrelevant distractors get processed depends on how much the relevant task exhausts perceptual capacity, with high load blocking distraction. This meaning comes from Lavie (1995) in Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance.[1]

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References

  1. Lavie, N. (1995). Perceptual load as a necessary condition for selective attention. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 21(3), 451-468. https://doi.org/10.1037/0096-1523.21.3.451

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