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When a reappearance is old news : visual marking survives occlusion.
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Kunar, Melina A., Humphreys, Glyn W., Smith, Kelly J. and Watson, Derrick G. (2003) When a reappearance is old news : visual marking survives occlusion. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, Vol.29 (No.1). pp. 185-198. doi:10.1037//0096-1523.29.1.185
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0096-1523.29.1.185
Abstract
Performance in a visual search task becomes more efficient if half of the distractors are presented before the rest of the stimuli. This "preview benefit" may partly be due to inhibition of the old (previewed) items. The preview effect is abolished, however, if the old items offset briefly before reappearing (D. G. Watson & G. W. Humphreys, 1997). The authors examined whether this offset effect still occurred if the old item undergo occlusion. Results show that a preview benefit was found when the old items were occluded but not otherwise, consistent with the idea of top-down attentional inhibition being applied to the old items. The preview benefit is attenuated, however, by movement of the irrelevant stimuli in the displays. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Psychology | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Visual perception, Gestalt psychology | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance | ||||
| Publisher: | American Psychological Association | ||||
| ISSN: | 0096-1523 | ||||
| Official Date: | February 2003 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.29 | ||||
| Number: | No.1 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 185-198 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1037//0096-1523.29.1.185 | ||||
| Status: | 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) |
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