Sources of variation in search and foraging: A theoretical perspective.

Search—the problem of exploring a space of alternatives to identify target goals—is a fundamental behaviour for many species. Although its foundation lies in foraging, most studies of human search behaviour have been directed towards understanding the attentional mechanisms that underlie the efficie...

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Publicado en:Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Vol. 75; no. 2; pp. 197 - 232
Autores principales: Smith, Alastair D, De Lillo, Carlo
Formato: Literature Review
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. Feb2022
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          School of Psychology, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
          Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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        Cognitive ability
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        cognitive control
        cognitive deficits
        comparative cognition
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        memory
        visual search
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      ab: Search—the problem of exploring a space of alternatives to identify target goals—is a fundamental behaviour for many species. Although its foundation lies in foraging, most studies of human search behaviour have been directed towards understanding the attentional mechanisms that underlie the efficient visual exploration of two-dimensional (2D) scenes. With this review, we aim to characterise how search behaviour can be explained across a wide range of contexts, environments, spatial scales, and populations, both typical and atypical. We first consider the generality of search processes across psychological domains. We then review studies of interspecies differences in search. Finally, we explore in detail the individual and contextual variables that affect visual search and related behaviours in established experimental psychology paradigms. Despite the heterogeneity of the findings discussed, we identify that variations in control processes, along with the ability to regulate behaviour as a function of the structure of search space and the sampling processes adopted, to be central to explanations of variations in search behaviour. We propose a tentative theoretical model aimed at integrating these notions and close by exploring questions that remain unaddressed.
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