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Resisting change : the influence of luminance changes on visual marking and the preview benefit
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Watson, Derrick G. , Braithwaite, Jason J. and Humphreys, Glyn W.. (2008) Resisting change : the influence of luminance changes on visual marking and the preview benefit. Perception & Psychophysics, Vol.70 (No.8). pp. 1526-1539. ISSN 0031-5117
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/PP.70.8.1526
Abstract
Visual search can benefit when one set of distractors is presented as a preview, prior to the appearance of the second set of distractors plus the target (Watson & Humphreys, 1997). It has been shown that changing the shape of the old, previewed stimuli when the new items appear causes the old stimuli to recompete for selection with the new ones. In contrast, changing the luminance or color of the old stimuli has no detrimental effects. Here, we present five experiments that reassessed the effect of luminance changes in preview search. We show (1) that preview search is remarkably resistant to large changes in the absolute luminance of the old stimuli, even when those changes would ordinarily be sufficient to signal the appearance of a new object and draw attention (Experiments I and 2), and (2) that resistance to luminance changes can be bolstered by feature-based inhibitory processes (Experiments 3-5). These findings are discussed in terms of the possible ecological properties of time-based visual selection and possible mechanisms underlying the preview benefit.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Psychology |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Visual perception, Distraction (Psychology), Human information processing, Selectivity (Psychology), Luminescence -- Psychological aspects |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Perception & Psychophysics |
| Publisher: | Psychonomic Society |
| ISSN: | 0031-5117 |
| Date: | November 2008 |
| Volume: | Vol.70 |
| Number: | No.8 |
| Number of Pages: | 14 |
| Page Range: | pp. 1526-1539 |
| Identification Number: | 10.3758/PP.70.8.1526 |
| Status: | Not Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Funder: | Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Great Britain) (BBSRC), Medical Research Council (Great Britain) (MRC) |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/29062 |
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