Putting effort into task complexity

2025/01/01 by Damian Koevoet, Stefan Van der Stigchel · 1 voice
Neuroscience · #Motor Control and Adaptation #Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies #Visual perception and processing mechanisms

paper · doi:10.1017/s0140525x25000238

openalex publication_date 2025/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/11/27 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21

Abstract

Understanding the limits of visual processing is at the core of understanding visual attention. Rosenholtz proposes task complexity as a potential solution to identify a putative unifying capacity limit. We argue that if task complexity is indeed used to identify a unifying limit, effort must crucially be incorporated to prevent a future crisis in the field of visual attention.

Citations

• Pupil dilation as an index of effort in cognitive control tasks: A review
• The Costs of Paying Overt and Covert Attention Assessed With Pupillometry

Discussions

• Our commentary @stigchel.bsky.social on Ruth Rosenholtz' Visual Attention in Crisis paper is now available: doi.org/10.1017/S014... We argue that effort must be considered when aiming to quantify cap [bsky, 9 points, 1 comments]

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