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. 2012 Aug 9;3:278. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00278

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Varieties of conjunction search. Much of the research on selection and binding has used visual search tasks. Participants response times to find a particular target amongst distractors is compared. (A) Shows the classic “conjunction search” display, shown by Treisman and Gelade to produce inefficient search performance. (B–E) Each illustrate cases of efficient conjunction search. (A) Treisman and Gelade (1980). Inefficient color – form conjunctions. Finding the green N is difficult. (B) Wolfe et al. (1989). Efficient color – orientation conjunctions. Finding the red vertical bar is easy. (C) McLeod et al. (1988). Efficient motion – form conjunctions. Finding the moving X (arrows indicate motion) is easy. (D) Nakayama and Silverman (1986). Efficient color – depth conjunctions. Finding the front blue square is easy. (E) Duncan and Humphreys (1989). Efficient orientation – orientation conjunctions. Finding the L is easy.