Investigating the effects of context, visual working memory, and inhibitory control in hybrid visual search.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In real-life scenarios, individuals frequently engage in tasks that involve searching for one of the distinct items stored in memory. This combined process of visual search and memory search is known as hybrid search. To date, most hybrid search studies have been restricted to average observers looking for previously well-memorized targets in blank backgrounds.

Methods

We investigated the effects of context and the role of memory in hybrid search by modifying the task's memorization phase to occur in all-new single trials. In addition, we aimed to assess how individual differences in visual working memory capacity and inhibitory control influence performance during hybrid search. In an online experiment, 110 participants searched for potential targets in images

SUBMITTER: Barbosa A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11384996 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature