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search asymmetry: a standalone construct

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Perception

finding that searching for a target with an added feature among items lacking it is faster than the reverse search.

In perception, search asymmetry refers to finding that searching for a target with an added feature among items lacking it is faster than the reverse search. This meaning comes from Treisman (1988) in Psychological Review.[1]

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References

Treisman, A., & Gormican, S. (1988). Feature analysis in early vision: Evidence from search asymmetries. Psychological Review, 95(1), 15-48. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295x.95.1.15

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