Volume 1
ATTENTION AND PERFORMANCE
Proceedings of a Symposium held at Driebergen August 17-20, 1966, under the auspices of the Institute for Perception RVO-TNO,Soesterberg, The Netherlands
Editor A.F. SANDERS
Institute for Perception RVO-TNO, Soesterberg, The Netherlands, 1967
NORTH-HOLLAND PUBLISHING COMPANY – AMSTERDAM
CONTENTSPREFACE
Topic 1 - SINGLE-CHANNEL THEORY AND INFORMATION PROCESSING
| Introductory Remarks | 3 |
| A. T. WELFORD, Single-channel operation in the brain | 5 |
| R. S. NICKERSON, Expectancy, waiting time and the psychological refractory period | 23 |
| R. GOTTSDANKER, Computer determinations of the effect of superseding signals | 35 |
| P. BERTELSON, The refractory period of choice reactions with regular and irregular interstimuli intervals | 45 |
| P. DAVIS, Intermittency and selective attention | 57 |
| W. G. KOSTER and J. A. M. BEKKER, Some experiments on refractoriness | 64 |
| S. KORNBLUM and W. G. KOSTER, The effect of signal intensity and training on simple reaction time | 71 |
| A. ELITHORN and T. J. BARNETT, Apparent individual differences in channel capacity | 75 |
| N. MORAY, Where is capacity limited? A survey and a model | 84 |
| A. B. KRISTOFFERSON, Attention and psychophysical time | 93 |
| E. TULVING and P. H. LINDSAY, Identification of simultaneously presented simple visual and auditory stimuli | 101 |
Topic 2 - REACTION PROCESSES
| Introductory remarks | 113 |
| A. F. SANDERS, Some aspects of reaction processes | 115 |
| P. RABBITT, Time to detect errors as a function of factors affecting choice response time | 131 |
| J. F. SCHOUTEN and J. A. M. BEKKER, Reaction time and accuracy | 143 |
| G. L. WOLFENDALE, Decision times in signal detection | 154 |
| R. M. PICKETT, Response latency in a pattern perception situation | 160 |
| A. F. SANDERS and W. TER LINDEN, Decision making during paced arrival of probabilistic information | 170 |
| S. KORNBLUM, Choice reaction time for repetitions and non-repetitions - a re-examination of the information hypothesis | 178 |
| B. FORRIN and R. E. MORIN Effects of context on reaction time to optimally coded signals | 188 |
| E. T. KLEMMER, Sequences of responses to signals encoded in time only | 197 |
| J. A. MICHON and N. J. L. VAN DER VALK, A dynamic model of timing behaviour | 204 |
| N. S. KIRK and J. FEINSTEIN, An investigation of the relation between inspection and repairing performance of burlers and menders in the worsted woollen industry | 213 |
| M. M. TAYLOR, P. H. LINDSAY and S. M. FORBES, Quantification of shared capacity processing in auditory and visual discrimination | 223 |
Topic 3 - PHYSIOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF ATTENTION AND REACTION TIME
| Introductory remarks | 233 |
| R.T. WILKINSON, Evoked response and reaction time | 235 |
| M. HAIDER, Vigilance, attention expectation and cortical evoked Potentials | 246 |
| J, W. H. KALSBEEK and R. N. SYKES, Objective measurements of mental load | 253 |
| E. H. VAN OLST, J. F. ORLEBEKE and S. D. FOKKEMA, Skin conductance as a measure Of tonic and phasic arousal (Abstract) | 262 |
Topic 4 - SHORT TERM MEMORY AND INFORMATION PROCESSING
| Introductory remarks | 265 |
| M. I. POSNER, Short term memory systems in human information processing | 267 |
| G. SPERLING, Successive approximations to a model for short term memory | 285 |
| D. A. NORMAN, Temporal confusions and limited capacity processors | 293 |
| R. E. MORIN, D. V. DEROSA and V. STULTZ, Recognition memory and reaction time | 298 |
| G. J. HARRISON, Some additive results in short term memory | 306 |
| B. B. MURDOCK, Auditory and visual stores in short term memory | 316 |
| D. B. YNTEMA and G. M. SCHULMAN, Response selection in keeping track of several things at once | 325 |
Topic 5 - EYE MOVEMENTS AND VISUAL SEARCH
| Introductory remarks | 335 |
| C. T. WHITE, Eye movements, evoked responses and visual perception: some speculations | 337 |
| P. L. LATOUR, Evidence of internal clocks in the human operator | 341 |
| J. W. SENDERS, On the distribution of attention in a dynamic environment | 349 |
| L. G. WILLIAMS, The effects of target specification on objects fixated during visual search | 355 |
| C. H. BAKER, Target detection performance with a stationary radar sweep-line | 361 |
Topic 6 - LONG TERM PERFORMANCE
| Introductory rernarks | 371 |
| H. J. JERISON, Activation and long term performance | 373 |
| M. M. TAYLOR, Detectability theory and the interpretation of vigilance data | 390 |
| P.D. McCORMACK, A two-factor theory of viailance in the light of recent studies | 400 |
| J. J. McGRATH and J. O'HANLON, Temporal orientation and vigilance performance | 410 |
| J. ANNETT and L. PATERSON, Training for auditory detection | 420 |
| K. F. H. MURRELL, Performance differences in continuous tasks | 427 |
| E. A. ALLUISI and W. D. CHILES, Sustained performance, work-rest scheduling, and diurnal rhythms in man | 436 |
AUTHOR INDEX 443
SUBJECT INDEX 449