Feature integration theory

Feature integration theory is a theory of attention developed in 1980 by Anne Treisman and Garry Gelade that suggests that when perceiving a stimulus, features are 'registered early, automatically, and in parallel, while objects are identified separately' and at a later stage in processing. The theory has been one of the most influential psychological models of human visual attention. Feature integration theory is a theory of attention developed in 1980 by Anne Treisman and Garry Gelade that suggests that when perceiving a stimulus, features are 'registered early, automatically, and in parallel, while objects are identified separately' and at a later stage in processing. The theory has been one of the most influential psychological models of human visual attention.