Contextual cueing of visual search is associated with greater subjective experience of the search display configuration.

ABSTRACT: Visual search is facilitated when display configurations are repeated over time, showing that memory of spatio-configural context can cue the location of the target. The present study investigates whether memory of the search target in relation to the configuration of distractors alters subjective experience of the visual search target and/or the subjective experience of the display configuration. Observers performed a masked localization task for targets embedded in repeated vs. non-repeated (baseline) arrays of distractors items. After the localization response, observers reported their subjective experience of either the target or the display configuration. Bayesian analysis revealed that repeated displays resulted in a stronger visual experience of both targets and display configuratio

SUBMITTER: Schlagbauer B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6007139 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature