Conci, Markus and von Muehlenen, Adrian. (2009) Region segmentation and contextual cuing in visual search. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, Vol.71 (No.7). pp. 1514-1524. ISSN 1943-3921

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Abstract

Contextual information provides an important source for behavioral orienting. For instance, in the contextual-cuing paradigm, repetitions of the spatial layout of elements in a search display can guide attention to the target location. The present study explored how this contextual-cuing effect is influenced by the grouping of search elements. In Experiment 1, four nontarget items could be arranged collinearly to form an imaginary square. The presence of such a square eliminated the contextual-cuing effect, despite the fact that the square's location still had a predictive value for the target location. Three follow-up experiments demonstrated that other types of grouping abolished contextual cuing in a similar way and that the mere presence of a task-irrelevant singleton had only a diminishing effect (by half) on contextual cuing. These findings suggest that a segmented, salient region can interfere with contextual cuing, reducing its predictive impact on search.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions:	Faculty of Science > Psychology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Visual perception, Context effects (Psychology), Searching behavior, Selectivity (Psychology), Human information processing
Journal or Publication Title:	Attention, Perception & Psychophysics
Publisher:	Springer New York LLC
ISSN:	1943-3921
Date:	October 2009
Volume:	Vol.71
Number:	No.7
Number of Pages:	11
Page Range:	pp. 1514-1524
Identification Number:	10.3758/APP.71.7.1514
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder:	Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Grant number:	FOR481 (DFG)
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URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/17135

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