Balancing Exploration and Exploitation in Visual Search

Poster Session II

Friday May 23, 2025 (10:30 - 11:30 ET)
Keyword: Attention and Distraction

Abstract: We conducted five visual search experiments involving 120 participants (73 Females, Mage =21). Behavioral data, Eye movement data and modeling results indicated that participants expedited search in regular digital sequence by balancing two strategies: narrowing the search space when the set size was large, followed by focusing on target localization.