Cross-Trial Priming of Element Positions in Visual Pop-Out Search is Dependent on Stimulus Arrangement

Autor/inn/en	Geyer, Thomas; Muller, Hermann J.; Krummenacher, Joseph
Titel	Cross-Trial Priming of Element Positions in Visual Pop-Out Search is Dependent on Stimulus Arrangement
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 33 (2007) 4, S.788-797 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0096-1523
Schlagwörter	Visual Stimuli; Experiments; Visual Perception; Reaction Time; Inhibition; Psychological Studies; Cognitive Psychology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Erprobung; Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Reaktionsvermögen; Hemmung; Kognitive Psychologie
Abstract	Two experiments examined cross-trial positional priming (V. Maljkovic & K. Nakayama, 1994, 1996, 2000) in visual pop-out search. Experiment 1 used regularly arranged target and distractor displays, as in previous studies. Reaction times were expedited when the target appeared at a previous target location (facilitation relative to neutral baseline) and slowed when the target appeared at a previous distractor location (inhibition). In contrast to facilitation, inhibition emerged only after extended practice. Experiment 2 revealed reduced facilitatory and no inhibitory priming when the elements' spatial arrangement was made irregular, indicating that positional--in particular, inhibitory--priming critically depends on the configuration of the display elements across sequences of trials. These results are discussed with respect to the role of the context for cross-trial priming in visual pop-out search. (Author).
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