Detecting meaning in RSVP at 13 ms per picture

@article{Potter2014DetectingMI,
  title={Detecting meaning in RSVP at 13 ms per picture},
  author={M. Potter and B. Wyble and C. Hagmann and Emily McCourt},
  journal={Attention, Perception, \& Psychophysics},
  year={2014},
  volume={76},
  pages={270-279}
}
The visual system is exquisitely adapted to the task of extracting conceptual information from visual input with every new eye fixation, three or four times a second. Here we assess the minimum viewing time needed for visual comprehension, using rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) of a series of six or 12 pictures presented at between 13 and 80 ms per picture, with no interstimulus interval. Participants were to detect a picture specified by a name (e.g., smiling couple) that was given just… Expand
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