Kunar, Melina A., Johnston, Rebecca and Sweetman, Hollie (2013) A configural dominant account of contextual cueing : configural cues are stronger than colour cues. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Volume 67 (Number 7). pp. 1366-1382. doi:10.1080/17470218.2013.863373 ISSN 1747-0218.

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Abstract

Previous work has shown that reaction times to find a target in displays that have been repeated are faster than those for displays that have never been seen before. This learning effect, termed “contextual cueing” (CC), has been shown using contexts such as the configuration of the distractors in the display and the background colour. However, it is not clear how these two contexts interact to facilitate search. We investigated this here by comparing the strengths of these two cues when they appeared together. In Experiment 1, participants searched for a target that was cued by both colour and distractor configural cues, compared with when the target was only predicted by configural information. The results showed that the addition of a colour cue did not increase contextual cueing. In Experiment 2, participants searched for a target that was cued by both colour and distractor configuration compared with when the target was only cued by colour. The results showed that adding a predictive configural cue led to a stronger CC benefit. Experiments 3 and 4 tested the disruptive effects of removing either a learned colour cue or a learned configural cue and whether there was cue competition when colour and configural cues were presented together. Removing the configural cue was more disruptive to CC than removing colour, and configural learning was shown to overshadow the learning of colour cues. The data support a configural dominant account of CC, where configural cues act as the stronger cue in comparison to colour when they are presented together.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RE Ophthalmology
Divisions:	Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Eye -- Movements, Optometry, Vision -- Testing, Psychology -- Research
Journal or Publication Title:	The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
Publisher:	Psychology Press
ISSN:	1747-0218
Official Date:	9 December 2013
Dates:	Date Event 9 December 2013 Published 7 November 2013 Available 30 October 2013 Accepted 13 September 2012 Submitted
Volume:	Volume 67
Number:	Number 7
Page Range:	pp. 1366-1382
DOI:	10.1080/17470218.2013.863373
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit:	26 December 2015
Date of first compliant Open Access:	26 December 2015

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