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Citation

Johnston JC, Pashler H. J. Exp. Psychol. Hum. Percept. Perform. 1990; 16(4): 843-856.

Affiliation

NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California 94035.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, American Psychological Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2148596

Abstract

The binding of identity and location information in disjunctive feature search was studied. Ss searched a heterogeneous display for a color or a form target, and reported both target identity and location. To avoid better than chance guessing of target identity (by choosing the target less likely to have been seen), the difficulty of the two targets was equalized adaptively; a mathematical model was used to quantify residual effects. A spatial layout was used that minimized postperceptual errors in reporting location. Results showed strong binding of identity and location perception. After correction for guessing, no perception of identity without location was found. A weak trend was found for accurate perception of target location without identity. We propose that activated features generate attention-calling "interrupt" signals, specifying only location; attention then retrieves the properties at that location.


Language: en

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