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    • Vision Science
    • Cognitive Psychology
    • Human-Computer Interaction

    Background:

    • Visual search is crucial for understanding attention and cognition.
    • Similarity between targets, non-targets, and backgrounds significantly impacts search success.
    • Quantifying similarity is challenging, limiting research on its influence.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To introduce a novel method for quantifying stimulus similarity in visual search.
    • To enable the investigation of previously unaddressable theoretical questions in visual search and attention.
    • To provide a framework for analyzing the impact of similarity on performance and information processing.

    Main Methods:

    • Combined multi-dimensional scaling (MDS) analyses with behavioral and eye-tracking measurements.
    • Repurposed MDS to quantify the similarity of experimental stimuli.
    • Collected behavioral and oculomotor data to correlate with quantified similarity.

    Main Results:

    • Demonstrated the successful quantification of stimulus similarity using the proposed MDS approach.
    • Showcased how quantified similarity, alongside behavioral data, reveals insights into search performance.
    • Highlighted the method's utility in examining information selection and processing during visual search.

    Conclusions:

    • The novel MDS-based approach effectively quantifies visual similarity, advancing research in vision science.
    • This method opens new avenues for studying the intricate relationship between similarity, attention, and visual search.
    • The approach is adaptable and has potential applications in diverse fields requiring visual analysis.