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Direct linkLavie, Nilli; Torralbo, Ana – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2010
Load theory of attention proposes that distractor processing is reduced in tasks with high perceptual load that exhaust attentional capacity within task-relevant processing. In contrast, tasks of low perceptual load leave spare capacity that spills over, resulting in the perception of task-irrelevant, potentially distracting stimuli. Tsal and…
Descriptors: Attention, Theories, Perception, Task Analysis
