Visual search for a motion singleton among coherently moving distractors

Autor(en)
Ulrich Ansorge, Ingrid Scharlau, Kirsten Labudda
Abstrakt

In the current study, we tested whether search for a visual motion singleton presented among several coherently moving distractors can be more efficient than search for a motion stimulus presented with a single distractor. Under a variety of conditions, multiple spatially distributed and coherently moving distractors facilitated search for a uniquely moving target relative to a single-motion-distractor condition (Experiments 1, 3, and 4). Color coherencies among static distractors were not equally effective (Experiments 1 and 2). These results confirm that humans are highly sensitive to antagonistically directed motion signals in backgrounds compared with spatially more confined regions of visual images.

Organisation(en)
Externe Organisation(en)
Universität Bielefeld
Journal
Psychological Research
Band
70
Seiten
103-116
Anzahl der Seiten
14
ISSN
0340-0727
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-004-0194-5
Publikationsdatum
03-2006
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
501001 Allgemeine Psychologie
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/ec8eb832-86ac-43ba-86f5-234dd71f8ee0