The perceptual processing capacity of summary statistics between and within feature dimensions.

ABSTRACT: The simultaneous-sequential method was used to test the processing capacity of statistical summary representations both within and between feature dimensions. Sixteen gratings varied with respect to their size and orientation. In Experiment 1, the gratings were equally divided into four separate smaller sets, one of which with a mean size that was larger or smaller than the other three sets, and one of which with a mean orientation that was tilted more leftward or rightward. The task was to report the mean size and orientation of the oddball sets. This therefore required four summary representations for size and another four for orientation. The sets were presented at the same time in the simultaneous condition or across two temporal frames in the sequential condition. Experiment 1 showed

SUBMITTER: Attarha M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4679208 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature