Individual differences in object-based attention effects in discrimination and detection tasks

Individual differences in attention strategies during detection, fine discrimination, and coarse discrimination.

Interacting with the environment requires the ability to flexibly direct attention to relevant features. We examined the degree to which individuals attend to visual features within and across Detection, Fine Discrimination, and Coarse Discrimination tasks. Electroencephalographic (EEG) responses were measured to an unattended peripheral flickering (4 or 6 Hz) grating while individuals (n = 33)...

Endogenous temporal orienting of attention in detection and discrimination tasks.

Endogenous temporal-orienting effects were studied using a cuing paradigm in which the cue indicated the time interval during which the target was most likely to appear. Temporal-orienting effects were defined by lower reaction times (RTs) when there was a match between the temporal expectancy for a target (early or late) and the time interval during which the target actually appeared than when...

Attention-based Object Detection

the relationship among efl learners’ autonomy, first language essay writing tasks and second language essay writing tasks in task/content based language instruction

the ability of composing a coherent and extended piece of writing in second language is considered as a fundamental factor to convey information and ideas of learners through the academic issues. although learners may achieve a perfect academic writing skill through assigning the l2 tasks in content based instruction, but demonstration of their abilities may be related to their ability in l1 es...

the relationship between individual versus pair writing tasks and levels of fluency, complexity and accuracy in efl writing by iranian learners

پژوهش کنونی با هدف مطالعه رابطه بین نوشتار بصورت انفرادی و گروهی با میزان دقت، پیچیدگی و سلاست دانش آموزان زبان انگلیسی حین نگارش متون انجام شده است. بمنظور دستیابی به این هدف، دو گروه از دانش آموزان مقطع متوسطه موسسه زبان کیش انتخاب شده و سپس از آنها خواسته شد تا 6 متن را با 6 موضوع متفاوت و طی 6 جلسه به نگارش در آورند. تجزیه و تحلیل این پژوهش با هدف اندازه گیری میزان دقت، پیچیدگی و سلاست نوشت...