repetition blindness

in rapid sequential visual presentation, the tendency for individuals to fail to notice a target stimulus when it is repeated. For example, when presented with the sequence of letters bcebd, they are less likely to notice the second b than to notice c, e, or d. See also change blindness; inattentional blindness.

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October 9th 2024

method of absolute judgment

a psychophysical procedure in which stimuli are presented in random order to a participant, whose task is to place each stimulus in a particular category. The stimuli usually vary along one or two dimensions, such as brightness or loudness. Also called absolute-judgment method.