Auditory Versus Visual Selective-Attention Tasks

摘要

The Dichotic Listening Task (DLT) of Gopher and Kahnemann (1971), which requires subjects to detect targets occurring in one of two messages while ignoring the other, was compared with the Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (RSVP) based on a paradigm of Sperling and Reeves (1980). Subjects were required to detect targets occurring in one of two letter streams while ignoring the other. The performance on DLT and RSVP correlate, but not beyond the basic level between any pair of information processing tasks. Suggestions for RSVP modifications emphasizing selective-attention requirements are considered.