Is there feature-based attentional selection in visual search?

Author(s): Sperling, G.

Journal/Book: J Exp Psychol-Hum Percep Perf. 1996; 22: 750 First St NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242. Amer Psychological Assoc. 758-779.

Abstract: A new paradigm combines attentional citing and rapid serial visual presentation to disentangle the effects of perceptual filtering and location selection. Observers search successive, superimposed arrays, in which feature values are alternated for a target numeral among letters. Two dimensions, size (small, large) and color (red, green) are tested. Selective attention to feature values is jointly manipulated by instructions. presentation probabilities, and payoffs. In Experiment I, the attended feature provides temporal, not spatial, information; observers show no attentional costs or benefits in response accuracy. In Experiment 2, the attended feature indicates a unique location. observers show consistent attentional costs and benefits. Selective attention to a particular size or color does not cause perceptual exclusion or admission of items containing that feature; it acts by guiding search processes to spatial locations that contain the to-be-attended feature.

Note: Article G Sperling, Univ Calif Irvine, Dept Cognit Sci, Irvine, CA 92717 USA

Keyword(s): COLOR; VISION; FORM

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