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Feature integration theory
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<p>Feature integration theory is a theory of <a href="/facts/Attention/pleJPaeQ">attention</a> developed in 1980 by <a href="/facts/Anne_Treisman/xQBwKwka">Anne Treisman</a> 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 <a href="/facts/Cognitive_model/4Jdmt5gm">psychological models</a> of human visual <a href="/facts/Attention/pleJPaeQ">attention</a>. </p>