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controlled search

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Memory and habituation
…two modes of processing information: controlled search and automatic detection. Controlled search is highly demanding of attentional capacity and is usually serial in nature. It is easily established and is largely under the individual’s control in that it can be readily altered or even reversed. It is strongly dependent on…
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…two modes of processing information: controlled search and automatic detection. Controlled search is highly demanding of attentional capacity and is usually serial in nature. It is easily established and is largely under the individual’s control in that it can be readily altered or even reversed. It is strongly dependent on…
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