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| Title |
Conceptual and methodological concerns in the theory of perceptual load
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00522 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Hanna Benoni, Yehoshua Tsal |
| Abstract |
The present paper provides a short critical review of the theory of perceptual load. It closely examines the basic tenets and assumptions of the theory and identifies major conceptual and methodological problems that have been largely ignored in the literature. The discussion focuses on problems in the definition of the concept of perceptual load, on the circularity in the characterization and manipulation of perceptual load and the confusion between the concept of perceptual load and its operationalization. The paper also selectively reviews evidence supporting the theory as well as inconsistent evidence which proposed alternative dominant factors influencing the efficacy of attentional selection. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 2 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 248 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 242 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 116 | 47% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 27 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 15 | 6% |
| Researcher | 14 | 6% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 13 | 5% |
| Other | 19 | 8% |
| Unknown | 44 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 160 | 65% |
| Neuroscience | 16 | 6% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 2% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 2% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 1% |
| Other | 13 | 5% |
| Unknown | 47 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 October 2018.
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#6,927,901
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#10,035
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#75,776
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Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Psychology
#444
of 969 outputs
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