Visual Search Lab Report

Attention spans are usually defined by the amount of time you can focus on an object before certain distractions ' deviate you from the task at hand . These tasks are called Visual Search Tasks . Visual Search is a type of task where you are required to scan your environment for a particular object or feature of an object to pop out ' Visual Search is a task that requires the person 's attention and as well as keen perception . These kinds of tasks are usually measured in scientific studies with the use of a distinct

object or a feature together with a number of other objects or features that can distract the subject 's efficiency and accuracy to locate . These features are called distractions . The efficiency of visual searches depends on the number of distractions and its styles . There are two types of search types feature and conjunction , which are differentiated according to their efficiency or the subjects reaction time in relation to the size of the display

This experiment aims to explain the relation between the number of distractors and reaction time . It is hypothesized that as the number of distractors increase in a display size the longer it takes for subjects to recognize or perceive them . It is an experiment that measures the time needed to bring attention to the particular feature or object and respond quickly as possible once they have located it . As explained earlier , there are two types of Visual Search Tasks , Cognitive and Feature . Feature searches...