An appeal against the item's death sentence: Accounting for diagnostic data patterns with an item-based model of visual search. (2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Moran, Rani; Liesefeld, Heinrich René; Usher, Marius; Müller, Hermann J.
• Is Part Of: Behavioral and brain sciences. Volume 40(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017
• Subjects: Psychophysiology -- Periodicals; Psychology -- Periodicals; Human behavior -- Periodicals; Animal behavior -- Periodicals; Brain -- Periodicals; 616.89142
• DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X16000182
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0140-525X

Abstract

Abstract: We show that our item-based model, competitive guided search, accounts for the empirical patterns that Hulleman & Olivers (H&O) invoke against item-based models, and we highlight recently reported diagnostic data that challenge their approach. We advise against "forsaking the item" unless and until a full fixation-based model is shown to be superior to extant item-based models.