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Visual Search asks you to find a target among distractors. It is the standard paradigm from attention research, and it shows a clean split: when the target differs on one obvious feature it pops out instantly regardless of how many distractors there are, and when it shares features you have to check items one at a time.
The target is shown first.
A field of items appears.
Find and click the target.
Your search time is recorded for each round.
Distractor counts and similarity increase.
Choose a grid from 4 × 4 to 7 × 7 and a round of 15, 30 or 60 seconds. Each grid has exactly one target; finding it scores 1 and brings up a new grid.
Tapping a wrong item counts as a miss and resets your streak but does not cost points. Your accuracy is finds divided by finds plus misses, and your best score is saved in this browser.
Visual search efficiency. What improves is search discipline — systematic coverage rather than hunting — not eyesight or raw speed. Another focus game to try next: Priority Target.
Visual search is the standard way attention is studied. Anne Treisman's feature-integration theory showed that a target defined by a single feature — the only red item — pops out no matter how many distractors there are, while a target defined by a combination of features has to be found by checking items one by one.
This game uses combination targets: the target is a particular shape in a particular colour, and distractors can share either one. Later work, such as Jeremy Wolfe's Guided Search model, showed that even then attention is steered by the features you know, which is why holding the target clearly in mind speeds you up.
Scan in rows like reading. Random scanning re-checks and misses.
Hold one distinguishing feature in mind, not the whole target.
Move your eyes in small jumps. The fovea resolves only a small area at a time.
Finish a row before moving on. Abandoning mid-row is how targets get missed twice.
Feature search: when a target differs on a single basic dimension like colour, it pops out in roughly constant time regardless of how many distractors there are.
Conjunction search: when the target is defined by a combination of features shared with distractors, you must check items serially and time scales with the number.
It improves your method. The pop-out effect is automatic and needs no training.
Same paradigm. Eagle Eye runs fifteen fixed rounds; this varies distractor count and similarity more systematically.