Citation

Chen Z. Atten. Percept. Psychophys. 2012; 74(5): 784-802.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand, zhe.chen@canterbury.ac.nz.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.3758/s13414-012-0322-z

PMID

22673856

Abstract

This tutorial provides a selective review of research on object-based deployment of attention. It focuses primarily on behavioral studies with human observers. The tutorial is divided into five sections. It starts with an introduction to object-based attention and a description of the three commonly used experimental paradigms in object-based attention research. These are followed by a review of a variety of manifestations of object effects and the factors that influence object segmentation. The final two sections are devoted to two key issues in object-based research: the mechanisms that give rise to the object effects and the role of space in object-based selection.

Language: en